Living in Amiens

LIVING IN AMIENS

Amiens is a cultural, natural, and festive city with a pleasant environment and enjoyable lifestyle.

Amiens is a cultural, natural, and festive city with a pleasant environment and enjoyable lifestyle.
Fans of history, culture, sport, good food or happy hours love friendly Amiens. With a population of 139,000 inhabitants in the city, and 180,000 in the greater urban area, you won’t feel lost in the crowd. What’s more, 29,000 students settle here each year. Amiens is the third-largest city in France with the highest ratio of student population to permanent residents after Poitiers and Rennes. Amiens has a constantly high ranking in the L’Etudiant magazine’s list of student cities.

Housing

ESC Amiens is in the city centre, just a few minutes from the train station. A wide range of housing solutions lodge the majority of students within a 10-minute walk of the campus. The school assists you in your search with a listing of accommodation consistent with your criteria, maps, addresses, and telephone numbers for the main contacts. 
The CROUS Amiens Picardie is the offices for public student residence)

Résidence Saint-Leu (public)
19 rue Tagault 80039 Amiens

List of private student residences is available here

VISALE
The visale guarantee allows all students to benefit from a guarantor, which is compulsory for CROUS accommodation
Register online

Food and Drink

There is a wide range of snacking choices in the area, and the university restaurants are open to ESC students. They serve a variety of meals with value for money. There are three near the school. The closest is just across the street!
•    Restaurant Saint-Leu, rue de la Plumette
•    Restaurant de la Veillère, Petite Rue de la Veillère
•    Cafétéria des facultés de Droit et d’Economie (Law and Economics Faculty Cafeteria), 10 placette Lafleur 

Getting Around

By train
The campus is just a few minutes from the train station. Amiens is 70 minutes from Paris and one hour from Lille by train.
SNCF
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By bike
There are over 300 self-service bikes at 26 docking stations, including one right by the school. Bike rentals are also available on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.
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By car
In Amiens, everything - or almost - is possible on foot. A car is not an essential item. Some parking facilities near the school offer special student rates.
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By bus
The city of Amiens offers special student rates.
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