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Loire Valley
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.
Crop
Sugar cane, banana, pineapple
Sightseing
cruising, distillery
Gastro
Accras de morue, ti-punch
Crop
Sugar cane, vegetable, vanilla
Sightseing
vulcanoe Piton de La Fournaise, cruising
Gastro
rougail, punch
Crop
fruit, olive, citrus, kiwi, chestnut
Livestock
small beef cattle, dairy sheep, goat, extensive pig
Cheese
Brocciu
Sightseing
Bonifacio, Calvi
Gastro
Corsican pork
Crop
Durum wheat, rice, olive, vegetables, flowers
Livestock
sheep
Wine
rosé de Provence
Sightseing
Camargue, Calanques, Aix en Provence, Avignon
Gastro
Bouillabaisse, ratatouille, tapenade
Crop
Fruit, lavender
Livestock
Mountain cattle dairy
Cheese
Rebelochon, Tommes, Beaufort
Sightseing
Annecy, Lyon, Mont Blanc
Gastro
Tartiflette, fondue savoyarde, bouchons lyonnais cuisine
Crop
wheat
Livestock
Limousine, Aubrac, Salers cattle breed, sheep,
Cheese
Roquefort, Saint Nectaire, Cantal
Sightseing
Auvergne vulcanoes
Gastro
Aligot
Crop
Sunflower, corn, vegetable, fruit
Livestock
Sheep, milk feed veal, duck
Wine
Bordeaux, Languedoc, Cognac
Cheese
Pyrenees Tomme, Rocamadour
Sightseing
Bordeaux, Toulouse, Arcachon bay, Carcassonne
Gastro
cassoulet, duck liver, truffles
Crop
Cereals, plants, seeds, vegetable, apple
Wine
Loire Valley wines
Cheese
Sainte Maure de Tourraine
Sightseing
Chenonceau castle, Chartres cathedral
Gastro
Fouée, rillettes
Crop
Cereals, red smal berries
Livestock
Charolaise cattle, Montbéliarde dairy
Wine
Burgundy wine
Cheese
Comté
Sightseing
Beaune Hospices, Burgundy wine route
Gastro
œufs meurettes, bœuf bourgignon, coq au vin
Crop
Corn, hops
Livestock
Dairy cattle
Wine
Alsacian Riesling, Gerwurztraminer
Sightseing
Strasbourg, Alsacian wine route, WW1 Battlefields
Gastro
Choucroute, Quiche
Crop
Wheat, barley, rapeseed, hemp, potato, vegetable field crop
Livestock
Fish
Wine
Champagne
Cheese
Maroilles, Brie de Meaux
Sightseing
Reims, Lille, Chantilly
Gastro
Andouillette, truffles, game meat
Crop
Cereal, textile linen
Livestock
Cattle dairy Normande, race horse
Wine
Apple cider, Calvados brandy
Cheese
Camembert, Pont l’Eveque
Sightseing
WWII landing beach, Honfleur, Etretat, Monet gardens
Gastro
Oysters, mussels
Crop
Vegetables
Livestock
Dairy cattle, pigs, poultry,
Sightseing
Mont Saint Michel, Saint Malo, Guérande’s salt marshes
Gastro
Crêpes, cider