5th April to 30th September 2013   A Celebration of Mare Nostrum   By Ellen Turner Hall   This year Argeles is host to an outdoor photographic exhibition about the Mediterranean Sea, “Mare Nostrum”…

  Saturday 18th May 2013 Latino Fiesta Argentina. Place de la Victoire, PERPIGNAN     Perpignan goes Latino this weekend with workshops, children’s games, stands of local produce, tastings of latino-American cuisine, dance, music….with  the…

  SATURDAY 18TH MAY 2013   FESTIVAL OF THE BANDAS   Céret still has it all going on this weekend, but without quite as many cherries around as usual. Despite the postponing of the Céret…

    Saturday 18th – Monday 20th May 2013   Charity antique fair at Valmy CHATEAU VALMY   The Lions Clubs Catalans (Catalan branch of the *International Lion’s club) invite you to spend a day…

Goats were first introduced into France by the Arabs during the Saracen invasion.

Goat breeding was developed particularly in the Poitiers region, where, in 732, the famous Battle of Poitiers took place between the Saracen troops and the French, led by Charles Martel.