France in North America

The Alliance Française of Washington is a non-profit, non governmental cultural and educational American association. In 1883, Jean-Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador to the United States and one of the founding fathers of the Alliance Française de Paris, encouraged the capital's French-American to establish an Alliance Française in Wash…
The Alliance Française of Washington is a non-profit, non governmental cultural and educational American association. In 1883, Jean-Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador to the United States and one of the founding fathers of the Alliance Française de Paris, encouraged the capital's French-American to establish an Alliance Française in Washington. It was achieved in 1905.
  • Established: 1949
  • Founder: André De Limur
  • President: Amédée Prouvost
  • Director: Sarah Diligenti
  • Students: 4000 admissions in 2010
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Type: French cultural and language center
Data from: en.wikipedia.org