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--- utilisateurs:postdocs:accomodation [2019/01/29 15:59]
rmonten Rearranged structure and rewritten introduction.
+++ utilisateurs:postdocs:accomodation [2019/08/22 13:26]
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 ==== Cité Universitaire ====
-Cité Universitaire provides accommodation for researchers and students of any age in Paris close to the RER B: http://www.ciup.fr/en/houses/applying-for-housing/. They also offer some accommodation for families and a general advice service for newcomers to France: http://www.ciup.fr/en/access-en/
+Cité Universitaire provides accommodation for researchers and students of any age in Paris: http://www.ciup.fr/en/houses/applying-for-housing/. In the case of researchers, they also provide accommodation for families. It consists of around 40 "maisons" (residencies) in a park area in the south of Paris. Many of the "maisons" are related to countries and they try to fit people in the "maison" of their country, but this is not a rule.
+It is a particularly interesting option for having accommodation on arrival: one can apply online while being abroad and without any of the French documents (e.g. french paysheets) often required in the "dossiers". Moreover, for those interested in living in Paris, Cité is located very close to a RER B station as well as relatively close to Porte d'Orleans, so there are several options to reach IPhT from there, usually taking around an hour.
+Applications for accommodation must be done here: https://bienvenue.ciup.fr/questionnaire/ . It is convenient to apply as soon as possible. The application must include a CV, a certificate from your bank (not necessarily French bank) with the account details and a proof of your future job in IPhT (ask the secretaries for an "attestation"). Other documents may be required depending on the "maison", since they are all run independently.
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   * **Orsay**: Small town but with most services, few small bars, an arthouse cinema/theatre and a leisure centre. The transportation time to the CEA is about 20 minutes by public bus from the center and 15 minutes from Le Guichet (RER). You can also bike to the lab in 15-20 minutes, either along the road that passes by Le Guichet (longer but easier), or through the university (steeper). Part of these roads do not have bike lanes.
-  * **Gif-Sur-Yvette**: Another small town further down the valley that merges into Orsay. Has an RER station for connections to Le Guichet and Paris, and there’s a walking route to the CEA (allow about 30 minutes for the climb from the RER station).
+  * **Gif-sur-Yvette**, **Bures-sur-Yvette**: Two more small towns further down the valley that merge into each other and into Orsay. They have RER stations for connections to Le Guichet and Paris, and there is a walking route to the CEA (allow about 30 minutes for the climb from the either the Gif-sur-Yvette or La Hacquinière RER station).
   * **Palaiseau**: There’s a frequent but rather crowded public bus (the 91-06) from Massy-Palaiseau RER station to the CEA that takes about 30 minutes, and also a bike path from the station.
   * **Sceaux**: Nice town, near Parc de Sceaux and a greenway which takes you to Paris. Difficult (slow) RER B connection at Bourg la Reine to get to Le Guichet.
   * **Towns on RER Line B**: keep in mind that the RER B trains stop at all stations in central Paris from Gare du Nord to Cité Universitaire, but that in the suburbs many express services only stop at Bourg-La-Reine, Antony, Massy-Palaiseau, Palaiseau, Palaiseau-Villebon and Lozere on the way to Le Guichet - you may need to change trains to get to and from other stations on the line.
   * **Paris**: from the Denfert-Rochereau RER B station it takes about 45 minutes to reach the CEA by RER+bus if the connections work well, up to about 1:15 if everything goes badly (or occasionally much longer...), so about 1 hour travel time then. There’s also the CEA buses that leave from different parts of Paris such as Porte d'Orléans. So the Denfert-Rochereau/Porte d’Orleans/Cite Universitaire/Montrouge area is a popular place to live at.

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