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News
3kg metoerite discovered in Occitanie garden
A Belgian couple who live in Beaugas, Lot-et-Garonne have found a 3kg meteorite in their garden, La Depeche reported. Claudine and Claude Guermant, aged 76 and 80 explained that “it was about the size of a coconut, weighing 3kg. It was grey…
Skeleton found in the Gard, confession…
Last week, a former resident of Manduel, a village near Nîmes, confessed to…
Two year old child falls out of…
A two year old child is in hospital after climbing out of her bedroom window on…
Campsites evacuated in Agde
More than 3,000m² of vegetation burned in a fire at Mont Saint Loup, in Agde,…
Financial woes and membership…
The precipitous membership drop for France’s far-right National Rally (RN,…
Events
Faunes, fais-moi peur!
Images du Faun de l’Antiquité à Picasso at the Musée Fleury, Lodève from July 7th. Guided tour of the exhibition in English, Thursdays in July and August at 11.00 am. This is an extraordinarily rich, unique exhibition…
Jul 7 - Oct 7
Musée de Lodève, Lodeve
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Features, Interviews & Letters
Are you complying to French bicycle…
As summer continues and families take to their bikes for days out, cyclists in France…
Truths and myths about what to…
In a storm, you can shelter under a tree: FALSE It never hurts to repeat the fact…
What changes about life in France…
Every month something changes in France. Here’s what to expect in August:…
Occitanie town asks residents…
Le Perthus, a small commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales, voted to “bring…