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France has three consular agencies in the Washington constituency, located in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Norfolk. Placed under the responsibility and control of the Consul General of France in Washington, they extend the consular network closer to French nationals. They are managed by an honorary consul.
Honorary consuls are not civil servants but private individuals who exercise their functions on a voluntary basis.
Their main mission is the protection of French people and their interests and the duty to report to the French consular authorities on events of interest to these authorities.
The Alliance Française de Richmond is dedicated to promoting French language and culture throughout Central Virginia.
The Alliance Française is the largest and oldest network of French language and cultural centers in the world. It was founded in 1883 in Paris, France. Chapters across the world are dedicated to promoting French language and francophone culture in order to foster relationships between people of all nationalities, ethnicity, and backgrounds.
Alliance Française de Richmond, Chapitre Rochambeau (AFR), is one of 850 chapters worldwide, and one of over 100 in the United States. Originally founded as the Accueil Français, it officially became an Alliance Française chapter in 2012.
Today, AFR has over 100 members with around 50 events annually, all designed to connect French speakers and those interested in French culture throughout Richmond and Central Virginia.
The Alliance Française de Richmond is volunteer based. It is operated by an elected Board and volunteers.
The Alliance Française is a worldwide non-profit organization devoted to promoting French language learning and cross-cultural understanding. Created in 1883 in Paris, the organization is composed of 843 chapters in 132 countries on all continents. The Alliance Française of Norfolk, Hampton Roads was founded in 1969 and encompasses the Chesapeake Bay area from Norfolk to Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton, Williamsburg and surrounding places. We are a member chapter of the Federation of Alliances Françaises based in Washington, DC.
Our goal is to foster a rich relationship between the American, French and Francophone communities of the Hampton Roads area. Teaching French and promoting French and Francophone cultures are means to that end. To that effect we are partnering with several local organizations and businesses.
