| Mougins village has a spectacular setting of the pine | | | | with the Mougins International School being created in |
| forests of Valmasque with panoramic views of the | | | | 1987 to look after children of expats moving to |
| Cote D'Azur and the lower French Alps. With 320 | | | | Mougins 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 international | | | | from 35 nationalities, with all teaching in English. |
| set for years; Pablo Picaso spent his last twelve years | | | | Subjects 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 properties | | | | Geography, German, History, Mathematics, Physical |
| here. Mougins is also a centre of gastronomy with | | | | Education, Physics, Spanish and Music. Facilities include : |
| Roger Vergé and Alain Ducasse having run the | | | | Library, 2 Art Studios, 3 Science Laboratories, |
| restaurant L'Amandier in the heart of the Mougins | | | | Information Technology Centre, Gymnasium, synthetic |
| village and the 'International Gastronomy Festival | | | | football 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 and | | | | Here children can take the AS and A level exams that |
| Cannes, beautiful surroundings, and also has culture | | | | they would have taken back home in the UK. As the |
| and sport. The Royal Mougins Golf Resort, the | | | | teaching is in English and subjects are the same there |
| Mougins Museum of Classical Art, and the Museum of | | | | is 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 down | | | | Thanks to the Mougins International School Mougins is |
| the road from Mougins, and this is becoming a major | | | | becoming 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 move | | | | people are actually searching for houses and villas for |
| here. They sell up back home buy a beautiful villa in | | | | sale 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 kids | | | | of France find it much easier in Mougins thanks to the |
| go to school? One of the major problems with | | | | fantastic location, amenities, culture, ease of getting to |
| re-location is the children integrating into a new place | | | | work, and an English school close by for the kids. |
| with a new language. In Mougins, this is not a problem, | | | | |