Magazine L`Etudiant* has prepared a rating of the French cities, to the greatest degree suitable students for residing. At list drawing up were considered 38 criteria broken on 9 categories: cost lives (expenses), assortment and availability of habitation, work possibility, a cultural life and entertainments, transport, ecology, a wide range of programs of training, a condition for playing sports, the international reputation. In total 34 cities participated in a rating, and there are some separate lists for big (more than 400,000 inhabitants), average (250-400,000) and small cities (less than 250,000). Besides, it is possible to look leaders on each of criteria.

First 10 best for study of cities looks so:

1. Toulouse
2. Grenoble
3. Montpellier
4. Bordeaux
5. Nantes
6. Lyons
7. Paris
8. Strasbourg
9. Marseilles
10. Rennes

*L’Etudiant ("Student") —

Leading French magazine for youth of 15-25 years. Here articles on themes of training, a youth labour market, training, a student's life, ratings, teaching materials, tests are published.