Filmed in the mid 70s, starring Charles Bronson, the prison scenes in Breakout were filmed at Fort de Bellegarde, in Le Perthus, portrayed as a prison in Mexico.
Saint Francis of Assisi himself stopped several times in Perpignan in the early 11th century
A novel which takes place in and around Perpignan in the dark days of the Second World War and of the Nazi occupation.
You can now send first class mail via a red ‘e-letter scheme’ (1€49).
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The organisers of the Déferlantes music festival reply to observations from Michel Coste, mayor of Céret
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Ironically, despite its French origins, Britain is also the only European country to measure distance in miles instead of kilometres.
January is the coldest month of the year but it presents a real challenge: very little is growing, the branches are bare, the spring bulbs are just peeping up and one can see the bare bones of the garden.
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