“In terms of international exchanges, not much has happened for two years”, summarize, with one voice, Patrick Géroudet, municipal councilor responsible for the promotion of the City and international relations, and Claire Crézé , President of the Friends of Chartres twinning association. “In 2021, we just received an Italian delegation from Ravenna”.
A much smaller delegation than in previous years, due to the health context. “We were not able to make the outing we had planned, or organize our traditional shared meal,” laments Patrick Géroudet.
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Thanks to the Internet, the association was nevertheless able to maintain certain contacts. “We have taken out a subscription to the Zoom videoconferencing platform,” explains Patrick Géroudet. “We were thus able to maintain one videoconference per month with our English friends”.
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Fortunately, the future seems to be brightening up: “A delegation from Chichester is expected at the end of April in Chartres”, explains Claire Crézé. “At Ascension, a delegation from Chartres is due to go to Speyer, Germany, but there is nothing concrete yet. At Pentecost, around thirty Chartrains are expected in Ravenna, Italy. And finally, on All Saints’ Day, we are expecting a delegation from Évora, Portugal ”.
“No more contact with Cusco in Peru for 20 years”
“With Chichester, Speyer, Ravenna and Évora, things are going well”, analyzes Patrick Géroudet. “With Sakuraï too, but here the problem is the distance and the cost of the trip. With other cities, it’s more complicated. We have not had any contact with Cusco, Peru, for twenty years. With Leon, in Spain, and Bethlehem, in Palestine, there is no twinning association. The contacts go directly through the city and it is more or less complicated depending on the elected officials in office ”. 
Convenient. The Friends of Chartres twinning, Maleyssie hotel, 2 rue de Chanzy in Chartres, Tel. 02.37.21.76.77. E-mail: [email protected]
Site : www.jumelages-chartres.fr
A Kalundborg? In 2018, a delegation from Chartres went to Kalundborg, Denmark, to make a first contact with the mayor of this port city of 17,000 inhabitants, located west of Copenhagen. “This city is at the forefront of industrial waste recycling and is home to a production site for the Novo Nordisk company,” recalls Patrick Géroudet.
“We were to go back in 2020 … But it’s still relevant.”
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