meiklejohn Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I've just bought a house in Gironde and wondered if you can contact the local Marie online?I've been over twice now but I've never managed to get anyone in.The village is very small and I understand that it will not be occupied all the time.I would like to meet/contact the mayor just to let him know who I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 It depends upon your commune and how on the ball your maire is. Start here:http://www.lescommunes.com/Oh, and don't be too surprised if your request starts a long conversation about the value or otherwise of introducing yourself to the maire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Some of the Mairie's do indeed have email addresses - but in my experience don't expect to get a reply! The site mentioned above should also give you the opening times - far better to arrange it so you can go along in person. At the risk of kicking off the "should you shouldn't you introduce yourself" debate, we did and the secretary and Maire were delighted......Ours is a small commune of about 110 people - I think it makes more sense when you are likely to bump into the Maire on a regular basis.Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 The mairie in most very small communes will only be open once or twice a week for a couple of hours each time, at least ours is. [:)] There should be a norice-board or something at the mairie, giving the opening hours and contact details. PS The word is mairie - Marie is a woman's name. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 [quote user="KathyF"]PS The word is mairie - Marie is a woman's name. [:D][/quote]Poor old Marie - why can't she get the odd e-mail or visit? The woman gets so many enquiries on this forum and everybody gets sent up the road to see the maire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 [quote user="meiklejohn"] I would like to meet/contact the major just to let him know who I am.[/quote]Wasnt the major in faulty towers ?[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Yes, he was, Krusty, and you won't forget NOT to mention the War, will you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 [quote user="sweet 17"]you won't forget NOT to mention the War, won't you?[/quote]Why not? - you started it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Yes, Coops, enough already.....I want no more blood to be spilt, OK?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Well, I got in touch with a lovely little Marie on line, a little Welsh Marie actually who offered to mark my card, and to come round and let me see the full range of services on offer. Bang on time she came as arranged. That Marie had so much more than ever met the eye, in fact it was a real eye opener! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 [quote user="woolybanana"]Well, I got in touch with a lovely little Marie on line[/quote]Good. Just so long as somebody is looking after her. Sorry, o/p. Did you find the e-mail address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiklejohn Posted December 11, 2010 Author Share Posted December 11, 2010 Spelling mistakes??Don't know what you all mean..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Streason Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 My little commune of 125 houses has a quarterly newsletter from the mairie in which contact details via phone and email are given. I sent an email in early November just checking that I was not alone in not having received the taxe habitation bill and got a very quick reply saying that we were on the December payment date and to contact them again if I had not received anything by the end of the month (I did so I didn’t). Very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 [quote user="meiklejohn"]Spelling mistakes?? Don't know what you all mean.....[/quote]Are you perchance from Rodeesia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiklejohn Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 No I'm from Gana..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiklejohn Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 [quote user="cooperlola"][quote user="woolybanana"]Well, I got in touch with a lovely little Marie on line[/quote]Good. Just so long as somebody is looking after her. Sorry, o/p. Did you find the e-mail address?[/quote]I got the email address from the site you mentioned.Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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