TOWN HALL Place du Dr. Giraudet - Tel : 02 51 56 40 31 - From 09.00 to 12.00 except Saturday afternoon and Monday morning

MARKETS Place de la Maire Tuesday and Friday morning Night market in season

POLICE STATION - Tel : 17 Saint-Michel-el-L'Herm, Boulevard Pasteur - Tel : 02 51 30 24 94

LIFEGUARD'S POST - La Pointe : Tel. 02 51 56 47 73 - Plan d'Eau (lake) : Tel. 02 51 27 14 55

FIRE BRIGADE Centre des Sapeurs Pompier - 18

POST OFFICE - Tel : 02 51 56 44 98 - 9h à 12h et de 14h à 17h

SAUR (WATER SERVICES) Angles - Tel : 02 51 97 56 12

CUSTOMS OFFICE - Le Port - Tel. 02 51 97 06 57

EDF-GDF (Electricity and Gas Board) - Luçon - Rue des sports - Consumer Department : Tel. 02 51 51 12 34 - Repair Service : Tel. 02 51 27 94 59

MARITIME DEPARTMENT - Le Port - Tel. 02 51 56 45 35

SCHOOLS - MATERNELLE (Nursery school) Boulevard du Communal - Tel : 02 51 56 44 41 - PRIMAIRE (Primary school) Boulevard du Communal - Tel : 02 51 56 42 28

NOTARY'S OFFICE - 6 bis, rue Bellevue - Tel : 02 51 56 44 49

PLACES OF WORSHIP CATHOLIC - Presbytery - 28, rue Pasteur - Tel. 02 51 56 40 27 Opening hours : From Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 to 12.00 Check service times at the churches of L'Aiguillon and La Faute PROTESTANT - Please enquire at the Tourist Office.

LIBRARY (with a special children's area) - Opening hours : In winter : Wednesdays, from 14.30 to 17.00 Fridays, from 10.30 to 11.30 Saturdays, from 15.00 to 16.00 In summer (from 1 July to 31 August) : Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10.30 to 11.30 The 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 15.00 to 16.00

CINEMA In season, the cinema 'Le Goeland' near the church, has matinée and evening performances every day.

REFUSE COLLECTION - July and August : Daily alternate collections except Sunday from 24.00 to 06.00. - The rest of the year : Monday - Wednesday and Friday morning. - Local dumpsite of Saint Michel en l'Herm : In winter, from Monday to Friday : 15.00 to 18.00 except Thursday Saturday : 10.00 to 12.00 and 15.00 to 18.00.

VILLAGE OF GRUES - TOWN HALL - 23, rue de la république Tel : 02 51 27 23 56 - Fax : 02 51 27 25 18 - LA POSTE - 20, rue de la république Tel : 02 51 27 23 50 - ECOLE PRIVEE - 2, rue du 11 novembre Tel : 02 51 27 20 32 - SALLE SOCIOCULTURELLE - 10bis, rue de la république Tel : 02 51 27 20 18 - ADMR (Home help for old people) - Association made available to the public on the last Monday of each month from 11.00 to 12.00 and by appointment - at the Town Hall - LIBRARY - Open on Wednesday morning from 10.00 to 12.00.

TWINNING COMMITTEE - L'Aiguillon sur Mer's sister city is BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH, ESSEX, GB. Numerous exchanges between both towns take place regularly.