South of France re-location made easy : Mougins International School

Mougins village has a spectacular setting of the pinewith the Mougins International School being created in
forests of Valmasque with panoramic views of the1987 to look after children of expats moving to
Cote D'Azur and the lower French Alps. With 320Mougins and the surrounding areas.
days of sunshine per year and its quality of life,The Mougins International School enrolls 454 students
Mougins has been a popular village for the internationalfrom 35 nationalities, with all teaching in English.
set for years; Pablo Picaso spent his last twelve yearsSubjects available include: Art, Biology, Business
here and Yves Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior,Studies, Chemistry, Computing, English, French,
Winston Churchill, and Edith Piaf all owned propertiesGeography, German, History, Mathematics, Physical
here. Mougins is also a centre of gastronomy withEducation, Physics, Spanish and Music. Facilities include :
Roger Vergé and Alain Ducasse having run theLibrary, 2 Art Studios, 3 Science Laboratories,
restaurant L'Amandier in the heart of the MouginsInformation Technology Centre, Gymnasium, synthetic
village and the  'International Gastronomy Festivalfootball pitch, exterior sports court, Music Room,
being held in Mougins in September. Mougins has it all:Performing Arts Hall, Examinations Room, Dining Room.
great weather, good connections to Nice Airport andHere children can take the AS and A level exams that
Cannes, beautiful surroundings, and also has culturethey would have taken back home in the UK. As the
and sport. The Royal Mougins Golf Resort, theteaching is in English and subjects are the same there
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, and the Museum ofis no real reason for problems of re-location when
Photography are all close to the centre of the village.adults are searching for a better quality of life.
The high technology park of Sophia Antipolis is downThanks to the Mougins International School Mougins is
the road from Mougins, and this is becoming a majorbecoming a sought after place to buy property in the
reason why people are starting to re-locate here.South of France. Local Mougins immobilier have said
It is no wonder that expats find it comforting to movepeople are actually searching for houses and villas for
here. They sell up back home buy a beautiful villa insale close to the Mougins International School. It is not
pleasant surroundings and get to work in Nice, Monaco,surprising as families looking to re-locate to the South
or Sophia Antipolis very easily. But where do the kidsof France find it much easier in Mougins thanks to the
go to school? One of the major problems withfantastic location, amenities, culture, ease of getting to
re-location is the children integrating into a new placework, and an English school close by for the kids.
with a new language. In Mougins, this is not a problem,