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Welcome to the Burwell Village Twinning Association websiteDuring 2006, we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Burwell Village Twinning with Lizy-sur-Ourcq.
See the Visits to France page for more details and information about those visits and events.
Burwell is twinned with the French village of Lizy-sur-Ourcq, (Seine et Marne).
Through the joint signing of a Friendship pact, we now have a formal link with this village, together with the two small hamlets of Mary-sur-Marne and Ocquerre.
So what does this mean in reality?
Every other year there are exchange visits to Lizy.
The visits usually take place over a long weekend and you stay, as guests, in the homes of our French hosts.
In the alternate years parties from Lizy come over and stay with families in Burwell.
Although an ability to speak French could be useful, it is not essential and most of our French visitors can speak some English. Communication is not really a problem and many lasting friendships have developed during the last few years, through the twinning exchanges
There are also links between various sports, arts, music and children's groups.