FranceListe naturalisation, n° 211 · Living in French society

With which institution can parents enrol their children in a state school?

In the exam (French)

Auprès de quelle institution les parents peuvent inscrire leurs enfants à l'école publique ?

  1. aThe police stationLe commissariat de police
  2. bThe prefectureLa préfecture
  3. cThe family allowance fund (CAF)La caisse d’allocations familiales (CAF)
  4. dThe town hallLa mairieCorrect answer

Why?

To enrol a child in a state nursery or elementary school, you must go to the town hall (mairie) of your home, and then to the school. State school is free, secular and open to all children. The prefecture deals with residence permits, among other things.

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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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