Our region

Lorraine, our region 

Geography :

The Lorraine is our region. It's located in the north-east of France. There are 2 347 000 inhabitants. The most populated cities are Metz and Nancy. The region is divided in 4 departements ("counties"): Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse and Vosges.

The Lorraine is near Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium.

In the Vosges, there are old mountains  where we can sky, ride a bike and hike.

History :

From 1871 to 1918, Moselle was German because of the war French-Prussian. After the "traité de Versailles" (World War I), we were French again. That's why a lot of old person still speak fluently a German dialect.

There were iron-ore and coal mines 100 years ago. But they were closed because they become too expensive and too dangerous.

Lorraine are hurt by world wars. There are a lot of bunkers, and an important battle (World War I) took place in Verdun.

Some pictures :

Centre Pompidou Metz

Metz

Ossuaire de Douamont (Verdun)

Our school

Our school is called Charles Peguy. It is located in Vigy near Metz in "Moselle". They are 350 pupils in our school.. They are 30 teachers. We study foreign languages (English, German). We have a school cafeteria, where we eat between 12am-1pm. We take the A2 exam (an English national test). The lessons last 55 minutes. We don't have uniform. We have school breaks every 7 weeks. They last 2 weeks. During the days, the breaks last 20 minutes. There have one break in the morning and there have one breaks in the afternoon. In the end of the year, we take the "brevet" exam (a Mathematics, Geographie, History, French national exam).

Hello

Hello my name is Tracy.
I am French, I live in Charly-Oradour.
 I am from Metz.I am 13 years old. I am school girl.
 I have got one brother who is 11
. I have got 1 cat, 4 hamsters.