Loire Valley
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Agriculture is diverse but highly specialized. Along the river, farmers grow plants with high added value, characterised by intensive requirements in terms of production factors, whereas in the plains, highly mechanized farms cultivate over 2 million hectares of cereals.
The Loire river is of course the main attraction of the valley. The Kings of France had castles built along its sides, provincial cities based their industries on its waters and farmers have adapted to its regular floods.
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Sugar cane, banana, pineapple
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Sightseing
cruising, distillery
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Gastro
Accras de morue, ti-punch
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Sugar cane, vegetable, vanilla
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Sightseing
vulcanoe Piton de La Fournaise, cruising
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rougail, punch
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fruit, olive, citrus, kiwi, chestnut
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Livestock
small beef cattle, dairy sheep, goat, extensive pig
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Cheese
Brocciu
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Sightseing
Bonifacio, Calvi
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Corsican pork
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Durum wheat, rice, olive, vegetables, flowers
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Livestock
sheep
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Wine
rosé de Provence
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Sightseing
Camargue, Calanques, Aix en Provence, Avignon
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Bouillabaisse, ratatouille, tapenade
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Fruit, lavender
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Mountain cattle dairy
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Cheese
Rebelochon, Tommes, Beaufort
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Sightseing
Annecy, Lyon, Mont Blanc
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Tartiflette, fondue savoyarde, bouchons lyonnais cuisine
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wheat
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Limousine, Aubrac, Salers cattle breed, sheep,
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Cheese
Roquefort, Saint Nectaire, Cantal
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Sightseing
Auvergne vulcanoes
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Aligot
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Sunflower, corn, vegetable, fruit
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Livestock
Sheep, milk feed veal, duck
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Wine
Bordeaux, Languedoc, Cognac
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Cheese
Pyrenees Tomme, Rocamadour
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Sightseing
Bordeaux, Toulouse, Arcachon bay, Carcassonne
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Gastro
cassoulet, duck liver, truffles
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Cereals, plants, seeds, vegetable, apple
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Wine
Loire Valley wines
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Cheese
Sainte Maure de Tourraine
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Sightseing
Chenonceau castle, Chartres cathedral
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Gastro
Fouée, rillettes
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Cereals, red smal berries
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Livestock
Charolaise cattle, Montbéliarde dairy
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Wine
Burgundy wine
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Cheese
Comté
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Sightseing
Beaune Hospices, Burgundy wine route
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Gastro
œufs meurettes, bœuf bourgignon, coq au vin
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Corn, hops
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Livestock
Dairy cattle
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Wine
Alsacian Riesling, Gerwurztraminer
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Sightseing
Strasbourg, Alsacian wine route, WW1 Battlefields
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Choucroute, Quiche
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Wheat, barley, rapeseed, hemp, potato, vegetable field crop
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Fish
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Wine
Champagne
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Cheese
Maroilles, Brie de Meaux
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Sightseing
Reims, Lille, Chantilly
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Gastro
Andouillette, truffles, game meat
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Cereal, textile linen
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Livestock
Cattle dairy Normande, race horse
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Wine
Apple cider, Calvados brandy
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Cheese
Camembert, Pont l’Eveque
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Sightseing
WWII landing beach, Honfleur, Etretat, Monet gardens
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Gastro
Oysters, mussels
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Vegetables
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Dairy cattle, pigs, poultry,
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Sightseing
Mont Saint Michel, Saint Malo, Guérande’s salt marshes
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Gastro
Crêpes, cider