meiklejohn Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 It seems very short!It is as followsLe BourgMy villagePostcodeIs this right?Does this mean all the addresses in my village are more or less the same and only the names are different?It is a very small village to be fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 [quote user="meiklejohn"]It seems very short!It is as followsLe BourgMy villagePostcodeIs this right?Does this mean all the addresses in my village are more or less the same and only the names are different?It is a very small village to be fair[/quote]Just about right. Postcode comes just before your village - like so:Le Bourg16*** Your Villageand all the addresses are about the same - some places have now started to number the houses. Postie knows who you are - don't worry.See Here http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/2400242/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 My address in France i simply Le Bourg, along with half of the village, the post seems to find its way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowland Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Ours too is simply Le Bourg, Village, Postcode. I think it must be common when the place is small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Le Bourg is a lieu-dit/quartier of your village and the postie will know who lives there. Our village had lots of these lieu-dits La Ville, Le Grand Coin, etc etc. As long as the village name is clear as is the postcode, there is never a problem.Our village grew and the Mairie ended up giving every road and street in the main village a name and each property a number. Our commune was large and the hamlets continued with the usual system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Le bourg shared by many? That's nothing. The postcode in more rural villages could be shared by a dozen or so villages. The postie seems to know where to find you just on the basis of your name.My French teacher used to say the following sort of shows the "importance" or "prominence" of your address:Right at the bottom are the Chez as in Chez XThen the Lieu -Dit , L-DThen the BourgThen, I am not sure of precedence but the chemins, the allées, the rues, the boulevards, the places, etc etc.I was in a lieu dit and now I am in an allée so I suppose you could say I have moved up in the world.[:D] My main concern is not to do with status, it's to do with ordering stuff from M & S.As M & S sends their goods via Chronopost (the worst of postal services imaginable), you need a "proper" address with a number and a road to be fairly sure of getting your order. Chronopost does not bother with Chez, L-D, Chemin and just postal codes and village names. They will merely send you a letter claiming that you are out when they try to deliver and would you like to contact their office (of course a prime charge number) or collect from their depot?So, apart from snobbishness, your address could have practical issues for you! Look, half in jest so please do not come on here, spewing steam and venom and telling me I am stupid, ignorant or anything else that I already know about![:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Hi Sweet,I've had no problem with M & S delivering using the following formula:NameHamletVillagePostcode (because it's an English site)DeptFranceThe same can be said of Amazon UK and various other UK based companies.Forget what your French teacher told you and use your own common sense when filling out your address.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 RR, never had any problems with Amazon, Darty, German sportwear company, etc. Only with M & S. In fact, I posted at boring length about this last year.Here is the thread:http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1976529/ShowPost.aspxSorry to drag all this up again but, sometimes, it helps with the spleen![:D]Now that I have a proper address with a number and road, I might even consider ordering from M & S again.BTW, I spoke at length with different bods from M & S and told them how many of us Brits (their main customers in France) do live at addresses with chez, L-D and just village names and postcodes and they were amazed that delivery had been made into such an issue.As I was in cross mode, I laid it on thick about how they were losing customers and goodwill through the inefficiency and apathy of Chronopost and I think that did make them sit up a bit and took notice because, as you see from the previous thread, I did get my delivery in the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 [quote user="sweet 17"] Le bourg shared by many? That's nothing. The postcode in more rural villages could be shared by a dozen or so villages. The postie seems to know where to find you just on the basis of your name. [/quote]Exactly, Sweets. In our very rural part of southern Manche, one postcode is shared by an entire community of communes (9 in our case). We're outside the bourg itself, so our address is lieu-dit/postcode/village/(country) Our post always arrives OK. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8vkv Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 We had an Xmas card from one of our not-very-awake rellies addressed ...John and MaryQuartierCode Postale, VilleFrance... and it "got through" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 No problem with letters or cards or anything that goes through la Poste.What I posted about (no pun intended) was to do with Chronopost the dreadfulness of whose service is well documented on the internet.No argument about bog standard "courriers" just this particular company...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britgirl Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote user="g8vkv"]We had an Xmas card from one of our not-very-awake rellies addressed ...John and MaryQuartierCode Postale, VilleFrance... and it "got through"[/quote] And that is why the postie gets a tip at Christmas[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virginia Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 All the replies are correct. Just remember that if you have a friend visting you who is expecting mail, the address must include "Chez Meiklejohn" so the postie knows which of the many similar addresses he must deliver the mail to.Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Virginia, Welcome to the forum - may I make a suggestion ? Many of our contributors are of a certain age and using a larger typeface would help [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 It is also far easier to spot the typos.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 [quote user="virginia"]All the replies are correct. Just remember that if you have a friend visting you who is expecting mail, the address must include "Chez Meiklejohn" so the postie knows which of the many similar addresses he must deliver the mail to.Virginia[/quote]Not sure how "Chez Meiklejohn" would help our postwoman but I will take your word for it.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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