Town Twinning
| Service ID: | 662 |
|---|---|
| email: | twinning@staffordbc.gov.uk |
| telephone: | 01785 619196 |
| sms: | 07781 0471023 |
| fax: | 01785 619119 |
| comments: | Feedback form |
Photos of the visits
Twinning Events Calendar 2010
Press Releases by the Stafford Borough Twinning Association:
| 2009 | 2008 |
| 3 August 2009 | October 2008 |
| 20 July 2009 | 28 Sept 2008 |
| 13 July 2009 | 15 Sept 2008 |
| 5 June 2009 | 30 July 2008 |
| 25 Feb 2009 | 16 July 2008 |
| 9 July 2008 | |
| 7 July 2008 | |
| 30 June 2008 | |
Stafford's International Links
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Twinned Places
Stafford's twinning link with Dreieich is the oldest, formed in 1981. Dreieich is a small, residential area set in pleasant countryside a few miles south of Frankfurt.
Tarragona is situated on the Mediterranean coast in the southern most of the Catalan provinces in north-east Spain. The city has many Roman features and was twinned in 1990.
Belfort is famous for a giant lion statue, designed by Bartholdi, responsible also for the Statue of Liberty. The city is located in north-east France, in the Franche-Comte region and was twinned with Stafford in July, 1999.
A friendship link with Stafford County was formed in 1994. The area has historical associations with George Washington and the American Civil War. Washington D.C. is only an hour away.
The town of Skarzysko is situated in south-central Poland on the main route which links Krakow and Warsaw and is famous for a large, traditional chapel. A link was formed in 1992.
La Roe - is in the Mayenne district of France and is similar in size to its twin village, Bradley.
Just 20 miles from the famous university town of Heidelberg, the parish of Rimbach nestles in the picturesque Westschnitzer Valley. Twinning links with Colwich and the Haywoods.