Towards the end of August 1944, resistance fighters from all around the region fought Germans and French militia to take back Perpignan.
Claude Francois was an Egyptian-born French pop singer, songwriter and dancer, who wrote and composed “Comme d’habitude”, the original version of “My Way”.
The Ukranian artist Mykola Tolmachev has created a remarkable body of work on display at the Musée Maillol, Banyuls.
In our glorious Mediterranean waters you’ll never swim alone. From rainbow wrasse and damselfish to octopuses and sea cucumbers, there’s plenty going on beneath the waves – if you look.
An anonymous 12th century sculptor, the Master of Cabestany was not recognised until the 1930s when a Romanesque-style tympanum was unearthed during renovation work at the parish church of Cabestany.
Although France has been laïque (secular) since 1905, there are a huge number of festivals and traditions based around the lives, accomplishments or remarkable events that happened to various saints.
The 15th August is the festival of l’Assomption – a jour férié (public holiday) celebrated by Catholics throughout France and commemorating the departure of Mary from this life and the assumption of her body into heaven.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
How about a day out in an iconic Citroën 2CV?
British residents in France must now have a carte de séjour but this is not a substitute for a passport.