In 1860 Abbé Rous, the new Curé at the Chapelle de la Rectorie, first tasted the naturally sweet wine of Banyuls and found it so good that he decided, through his network of Catholic contacts, to make it the communion wine of France.

Roadside rubbish

There are 2200km of departmental roads in the P-O and 62.5 tonnes of rubbish were removed from them in 2015.

Roadside rubbish

There are 2200km of departmental roads in the P-O and 62.5 tonnes of rubbish were removed from them in 2015.