Blois

1. General Information

Blois is the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France. It is the largest city in the department and is part of the urban community of Agglopolys.

Population: 51,832 inhabitants

Location: France

Official Website

Local Security Contract website

Prevention & Safety page

Safety contract: signed in 1998

Twinned with: Waldshut-Tiengen (Germany), Weimar (Germany), Lewes (England), Sighisoara (Romania), Urbino (Italy)

2. The City in our Network

The City and Efus

Member since 1996

Attended:

  • Conference on “Cities facing urban violence”, Toulouse, 26 June 2009
  • General Assembly, Toulouse, France, 25 June 2009

The City and the National Forum (FFSU)

Member of the Executive Committee since 2005

Supported:

  • Evaluation of the scheme “Night-time Guardians- Surrounding Neighbourhoods”, Blois, FFSU, June 2001

Participated in:

  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The Roma people, from city to city”, 16 December 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The challenges presented by the national plan to relaunch crime prevention”, FFSU, 30 September 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The phenomenon of gangs”, FFSU, 13 May 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Mediation and Access to the Law”, FFSU, 25 March 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Elected Officials and Mental Health”, FFSU, 11 February 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The presentation of the National Institute for Higher Education Studies in Security, INHES”, FFSU, 10 December 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The Internaional Centre’s guide to preventing crime as regards public disturbances linked to prostitution and drugs”, FFSU, 1 October 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Prisoners’ Access to Human Rights”, FFSU, 21 May 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Suburban Hope”, FFSU, 2 April 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Information, Security and Freedoms”, FFSU, 30 January 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Studying public security”, 19 December 2007
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Social Services at the Police Station”, FFSU, 19 September 2007
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “Minimum Sentences and Reoffending of Minors”, FFSU, 27 June 2007
  • FFSU Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch-debate on “The outcome and future of victimisation surveys”, FFSU, 14 March 2007
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “What partnership between specialised prevention and locally elected officials is emerging in the new legislative framework?”, FFSU, 31 January 2006
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 21 November 2006
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 27 September 2006
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 12 April 2006
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 1 March 2006
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 18 January 2006
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “Preventing violence in amateur football”, FFSU, 7 December 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “Safety in rural areas”, FFSU, 5 October 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “Urbanism and security”, FFSU, 25 May 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “Night-time guardians: What skills, status, funding and obstacles?”, FFSU, 27 April 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch-debate on “How much progress has been made towards prevention?”, FFSU, 16 March 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting, 26 January 2005

Attended:

  • General Assembly, Toulouse, 25 June 2009
  • Conference “1983-2008, is security still everyone’s concern?’, Efus-FFSU, 5 December 2008
  • Four-day training session on “The law on crime prevention”, FFSU, 2008
  • Lunch-debate on “Studying public security”, FFSU 19 December 2007
  • Conference “12 hours for crime prevention” concerning the definition of crime prevention in France”, FFSU, 18 October 2005
  • General Assembly, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 22 June 2004

3. Project Files (Best practice forms)