As expected, the storm Leiv began to hit on Saturday morning,on the Atlantic coast and mainly focused on three departments, Charente, Charente-Maritime and Gironde which are on Red Alert for “winds”. The weather system of exceptional power could cause major damage in several places along the Atlantic coast. The warning of high winds is also […]
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Francois Hollande on Saturday inaugurated the Centre international d’art pariétal de Montignac (Dordogne) which houses a new replica of the prehistoric cave of Lascaux , dubbed “Lascaux 4”, before opening to the public on the 15th December. Arriving at 3pm, the head of state, accompanied by the Minister of Culture, Audrey Azoulay, has experienced the visit […]
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The Bordeaux Administrative Court on Friday deliberating on a village in the Dordogne, Montferrand-du-Périgord (160 inhabitants), which refused the installation of electricity Linky meters, ordering them to pay 1,200 euros in court costs . Stéphane Lhomme, a member of the group “Stop Linky”, which opposes the deployment of these so called “smart” meters, denounced “the fact that the Bordeaux Administrative […]
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WEATHER: La Vienne, Deux-Sèvres, Charente-Maritime, Charente, Gironde, Dordogne, the Lot-et-Garonne, Les Landes, Gers, the Pyrenees Atlantiques and the Hautes-Pyrénées are concerned … Violent gusts and thunderstorms are expected. Eleven departments of the Southwest of France were placed in orange alert this Tuesday for violent storms, has indicated Météo-France. The departments concerned are: Vienna, Deux-Sèvres, Charente-Maritime, […]
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Eleven departments of the South West of France are placed on orange alert Saturday from 3 pm … Great vigilance is to be observed on Saturday afternoon from 3pm in eleven of the South West departments of France, announced Meteo France. Dordogne, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the Lot-et-Garonne, Lot, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Aveyron and Corrèze are concerned. […]
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The international art centre pariétal de Montignac will offer an almost complete reconstruction of the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistory” … After Lascaux II , a facsimile of the original cave opened in 1983 and Lascaux III, a traveling exhibition that allowed to travel replicas of the cave, Lascaux IV, an international center for housing rock […]
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Dordogne, Landes, Charente and Charente-Maritime are also involved … We have not quite finished yet with the bad weather and flooding. This Monday, Meteo France indicated that the departments of Charente (16) Charente Maritime (17), Dordogne (24) Gironde (33) and Landes (40) are placed in “Orange” Flood Alert. Clearly, this means that major flooding is possible […]
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In the southwest of France, 61 outbreaks of bird flu have been identified … The discovery of new cases of bird flu never ends. After eleven outbreaks recorded between Thursday and Sunday in the southwest, eight new outbreaks of bird flu were identified on Monday, all in the Landes department. Bringing the total to 61 […]
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The Gendarmes have appealed for witnesses after the accident … A 14 year old had a serious traffic accident on Tuesday afternoon at around 4 pm at Ribérac, in the Dordogne, as he left the centre of the town, as reported by Sudwest newspaper. He collided with a car travelling in the opposite direction. Seriously injured, he was transported […]
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