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The Pierre du Midi obtains the Geographical Indication
#HERITAGE – Like Limoges porcelain or Brittany granite, the stone of the South which was used to build the Pont du Gard or the arenas of Nîmes and Arles, is now protected from counterfeiting by a Geographical Indication (GI). ). The National Institute of Industrial Property (Inpi) approved this new GI last Friday at the same time as the Velay clays, bringing the number of approvals to sixteen. It concerns fifteen companies spread across the three Provençal regions (Occitanie, Paca and Drôme in Rhône-Alpes). An activity which represents around 90 jobs for a turnover of €12 million.
Mosquitoes still present
#OCCITANIA – Tiger mosquitoes are still causing harm in October. The particularly hot and dry climate (which favors watering and therefore small quantities of water stored) allowed the albopictus to remain active for longer than expected. On the other hand, the EID Méditerranée estimates that the year was rather well managed in the face of wetland mosquitoes. But there is a considerable quantity of unhatched larvae in the marshes near the Mediterranean which are just waiting for a good rain to take hold. And rain is expected during the week.
The number of the day: 5
#SÈTE – This is the number of months before the new edition of Escale à Sète. A meeting which promises to be, once again, particularly rich. Already announced: The Grace, a yellow-hulled pirate ship; the Morgenster, a fishing boat more than a century old but also the Nao Victoria (replica of Magellan’s boat), the Nao Santa Maria (replica of Christopher Columbus’ boat), El Galeón (reconstruction of a 17th century galleon), etc. .
A69 motorway: work has resumed
#HAUTE-GARONNE / TARN – The excavators on the A69 construction site have returned to service. The government said it was decided, this Monday, to see the A69 motorway project between Toulouse and Castres, rejected by environmentalists, “to completion”. “The State is determined to see this project through, which was decided democratically and systematically confirmed by the judge,” the Ministry of Transport said in a statement. Opponents of this 53 km portion, which would reduce the Castres-Toulouse journey to around an hour instead of 1 hour 20 minutes, have called for a weekend of mobilization on the route on October 21 and 22, without specifying the location. exact. “No violence, no incitement to violence can be tolerated […] within the framework of actions that can be carried out individually or collectively”, the government warned this Monday. Also this Monday, the police proceeded to evacuate the seven opponents perched for several weeks in century-old plane trees located on the route of the A69.
The building invaded by cockroaches
#MONTPELLIER – Cockroach croissants. This is the misadventure experienced by the occupants of a building on the ground floor of which is located a historic bakery in the city center which closed at the beginning of September, without notice. Since then, dozens of cockroaches have invaded the area. They then spread into the common areas of the building and into several apartments. “We called in someone at our expense. Then the trustee of the co-ownership commissioned a specialized company twice. But they cannot intervene in the bakery since it does not fall within their competence,” says, disappointed, one of the residents concerned.
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