Whether new to the region, or long time residents, there are several international organisations in the P-O providing links between nationalities. They help people to settle in, reply to questions and problems, and offer new skills and interests within a social, supportive environment.
Hands up if the vocabulary and acronyms associated with the French Education System leave you standing outside the classroom door!
Test your French with our unbelievably bad joke about Lucien and his unsuccessful search for l’oiseau rare (Mrs. Right)
Did you know that grève also means sandbank or pebbly beach and actually comes from Place de Grève, a flat and sandy area on the banks of the River Seine in Paris (now Place de l’Hôtel de Ville)?
Learn this useful vocab to tell the scammers to get lost – with varied degrees of politeness!
A selection of poems paying homage to our sacred Mountain, Mount Canigou
Have a go at our latest quiz to find out just how much you know about the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Ils ont changé ma chanson, originally by Melanie but sung here in French by Dalida
This French version of Abba’s ‘The Winner Takes it All’ was brought out by Mireille Mathieu in 1981, in collaboration with ABBA themselves, who both produced it and sang in the backing group.
Some Tour de France french vocab to help you follow the race.