L4C

I know that you all can help with this... This is the info I have:

"lot Grand Prés 20 chem Grand Prés 13560 SENAS"

I have googled, but I still do not know what the address should look like when printed on an envelope.

TIA!
L.

bianca1975

Lot Grand Pres
20 chem Grand Pres
13560 Senas
FRANCE
plus the accents on the es in Pres (too lazy!)

kerouac

I would read that as:

Lotissement des Grands Prés
20 chemin des Grands Prés
13560 SENAS
FRANCE

or else it is 'Grand Pré' (not plural) -- either both have an 'S' or neither of them does.

Unfortunately, neither www.pagesblanches.fr or www.mappy.fr know this address. However, a lot of the streets of the town are indeed called 'chemin' (way) and there are also a number of 'lotissements' (housing developments) in town.

kerouac

Just tried Mappy again and it gave me the strange

"Lotissement le Grande Pré II" in Sénas. I must assume that it is a typo and it is indeed 'le Grand Pré' since 'pré' (meadow) is masculine. But just a moment while I go back to Pages Blanches... nope, the white pages have never heard of that address (or else there is no telephone there!).

bianca1975

kerouac -- I totally didn't even question the spelling! I thought OP was just looking for format. Using abbreviations is acceptable when addressing a letter to France but the grand and pres don't correspond, you're right! Funny! But what is even more funny is that mappy.fr and viamichelin.fr have a listing for Lotissement le Grande Pré II and the e after grand doesn't correspond with the le or pre either!! Looks like someone may have given you a bum address L4C, but the letter could still get there okay as I'm sure the postman would know where to find the lotissement! There is a lotissement called Grand Pre, but I couldn't seem to identify a street even on Senas' own website map http://tinyurl.com/2s65z3
My eyes are no longer trained to immediately recognize grammatical errors in French. I'll need to brush up though because my son is in the 7th grade at a French bilingual school and is needing more and more help with his homework as it becomes more intense!

Christina

I found an address of a nurse there, which is very similar, so it does appear to be simply lotissment grand pre (e.g.,

SANSELME ISABELLE
LOTISSEMENT GRAND PRE 14 CHEM GRAND PRES
13560 SENAS

She seems to be a home health nurse, is that maybe not a real street address, but something like a box number or pickup or something? She also has a different address on a real street, so it looks odd.

Askar

At least there is a 14, chemin des Grands Prés:

http://www.deep-city.com/fiche.php?i...0&num=4509


Lotissement des Grands Prés
20, chemin des Grands Pres
13560 Senas

L4C

Thanks all - the info I have is from pagesblanches. I have to send a condolence letter, so I don't want to bother them with a call to confirm the address.

L.