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Coin Life
Coin Life
The Ayuntamiento de Coín opens a new Foreigners Department!
For a few months now the new Foreigners Department has been open within the Oficina de Turismo in Plaza Bermudez de La Rubia in Coin’s town centre.
The Foreigners Department is open every Friday from 10am to 2pm and is run by volunteers Yasmin and Terry.
With backing from the Mayor and local councillors, the idea has really taken off and Yasmin and Terry are helping people work their way through the complexities of dealing with the local council.
If you need help with queries on street-lighting, dangerous trees, planning issues, registration issues etc. or if you just need help to translate Government or Town Hall documents, the Foreigners Department can help.
They can also give advice on local issues and point people in the right direction for help in other matters.
To find the Tourist Office (Oficina de Turismo), head for the Church San Juan Bautista in Plaza Bermudez de la Rubia (just off the main high street by the Unicaja Bank and Compracasa estate agents) and as you stand in front of the church steps with the Pizza restaurant on your far right, you will see the Oficina de Turismo on the right, on the opposite side of the road that runs alongside the church. Alternatively follow the road that runs down from the Plaza Alameda, down past the Post office, round the back of the Post Office, down the hilll, round the bend and then the Oficina de Turismo is on your left opposite the florists shop before you reach the square and the pizza restaurant.
The Oficina de Turismo also holds information on local events, places of interest and maps for the area.
for those unable to get to the office in the Tourist Department, the phone number is 952453211 or you can e-mail in English to: coinforeigners@yahoo.es Their website is www.myspace.com/coinforeigners
You can now register for “Empadron” (similar to an Electoral Roll) at the Foreigners’ Department. Click here to find out what this means and how you can become registered to vote in Coin. This registration is important as the local Council receives funding and other services based on the number of people registered. It also affects other services such as the Library Service of Andalucia that allocated foreign language books to town libraries, based on the nationalities of those registered with the local council.
Click here for information on the English book service at Coin’s municipal library.
The Foreigners Department is open every Friday from 10am to 2pm and is run by volunteers Yasmin and Terry.
With backing from the Mayor and local councillors, the idea has really taken off and Yasmin and Terry are helping people work their way through the complexities of dealing with the local council.
If you need help with queries on street-lighting, dangerous trees, planning issues, registration issues etc. or if you just need help to translate Government or Town Hall documents, the Foreigners Department can help.
They can also give advice on local issues and point people in the right direction for help in other matters.
To find the Tourist Office (Oficina de Turismo), head for the Church San Juan Bautista in Plaza Bermudez de la Rubia (just off the main high street by the Unicaja Bank and Compracasa estate agents) and as you stand in front of the church steps with the Pizza restaurant on your far right, you will see the Oficina de Turismo on the right, on the opposite side of the road that runs alongside the church. Alternatively follow the road that runs down from the Plaza Alameda, down past the Post office, round the back of the Post Office, down the hilll, round the bend and then the Oficina de Turismo is on your left opposite the florists shop before you reach the square and the pizza restaurant.The Oficina de Turismo also holds information on local events, places of interest and maps for the area.
for those unable to get to the office in the Tourist Department, the phone number is 952453211 or you can e-mail in English to: coinforeigners@yahoo.es Their website is www.myspace.com/coinforeigners
You can now register for “Empadron” (similar to an Electoral Roll) at the Foreigners’ Department. Click here to find out what this means and how you can become registered to vote in Coin. This registration is important as the local Council receives funding and other services based on the number of people registered. It also affects other services such as the Library Service of Andalucia that allocated foreign language books to town libraries, based on the nationalities of those registered with the local council.
Click here for information on the English book service at Coin’s municipal library.
Oficina de Turismo