a police station, a relief and fire centre, a customs office, a post office in the town centre and one in the quarter of Saint-Nicolas, agencies of ASSEDIC, ANPE and , an auction house and three notarial offices, two lawyers' offices attached to the bar of Avranches and a bailiff's office. The civil security has a base for monitoring the English Channel equipped with a Eurocopter EC145. Twin towns – Sister cities Granville has been twinned with Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, at a distance of , since 1984. Granville is a founding member of the Douzelage, a unique town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals. Henry Haffray, initiator and founder of the douzelage was the first president of the Granville partenaire européen [Granville European partner] association, he was followed for more than a dozen years by Jean-Marc Julienne, then André Gendre and Pascale Vallée. Members of the Douzelage Altea, Spain – 1991 Bad Kötzting, Germany – 1991 Bellagio, Italy – 1991 Bundoran, Ireland – 1991 Holstebro, Denmark – 1991 Houffalize, Belgium – 1991 Meerssen, the Netherlands – 1991 Niederanven, Luxembourg – 1991 Preveza, Greece – 1991 Sesimbra, Portugal – 1991 Sherborne, United Kingdom – 1991 Karkkila, Finland – 1997 Oxelösund, Sweden – 1998 Judenburg, Austria – 1999 Chojna, Poland – 2004 Kőszeg, Hungary – 2004 Sigulda, Latvia – 2004 Sušice, Czech Republic – 2004 Türi, Estonia – 2004 Zvolen, Slovakia – 2007 Prienai, Lithuania – 2008 Marsaskala, Malta – 2009 Siret, Romania – 2010 Agros, Cyprus – 2011 Škofja Loka, Slovenia – 2011 Tryavna, Bulgaria – 2011 Daily life in Granville Culture The commune has much cultural infrastructure, including three museums: The and its garden, located in the childhood home of the fashion designer, which allows one to discover the artistic and cultural context of the time of Christian Dior on the history of fashion, the , located in the home of the King who provides an overview of the history of the city, and the . It also hosts an aquarium located on the Pointe du Roc which shows many species of warm-water marine fish and three exhibition spaces: The Féerie des Coquillages [Enchantment of the Shells], the Palais Minéral [Mineral Palace] and the Jardin des Papillons [Butterfly Garden]. For cultural recreation, the