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Wi-Girls in Sète
#DIGITAL – After Montpellier, Béziers or Nîmes, FACE-Hérault is inaugurating this Monday, October 9, in partnership with the Paul-Valéry school campus in Sète, the first promotion of “Wi-Filles”. A system offered to middle and high school students in 4th, 3rd and second grades. “29 young girls will join this promotion and benefit from 7 workshops, from October to April, to explore digital careers,” rejoices Benoît Foucault, deputy principal of Paul-Valéry college. “I would like to work in the creation of video games, but I also know that these are professions that are not yet very open to women,” confides Sarah, 13, one of the members of Wi-Filles.
“Light” alcohol wines
#BEZIERS – The Lévéjean estate, run by the Prades family for three generations, has launched a new range of wines, Asymétrie. With 9.5 degrees, it is low in alcohol and currently represents only 2 to 3% of wine production, or around 25,000 bottles. The aim is to increase this figure to 15%. According to Michelle Prades, the creation of this range “responds to a demand for [sa] clientele”. A craze that is being exported outside France, with orders to Belgium or the United Kingdom. Despite the reduction in alcohol, “the taste is not transformed. During our blind tastings, some people don’t know the difference,” explains Michèle Prades.
The number of the day: 15
#NIMES – This is approximately the number of days it takes for a red weevil “to dig galleries at the foot of a palm tree and kill it”, explains gardener Bernard Pical. This is unfortunately what happened to the famous palm tree on the Place du Marché in Nîmes. Martial Raysse’s bronze crocodile gradually sees ITS palm tree, the one which constitutes, with it, the emblem of the city, die out.
Industry rises from its ashes in Alès
#GARD – Having been fallow since 2011, the Richard Ducros workshops have returned to production with the Capelle group, European leader in exceptional transport. To resume their activity, the 18,000 square meters of industrial buildings were removed asbestos and brought up to standard, while retaining the historical inscriptions on the front of the workshops. “It’s part of the history of the Alès industry. I’m proud to be part of this continuity,” explained the group’s CEO. Today, the “cathedral”, nickname of the Alesian hangars, hosts a repair sector for trailers intended to transport pieces of bridges, elements for aeronautics, parts of the future Iter reactor in Cadarache. On the other hand, the company is still struggling to recruit: “If we manage to find welders, heavy-duty mechanics are a rare commodity! I am currently missing 12 people,” adds Jean-Daniel Capelle.
The magic of Venice at the Montpellier International Fair
#EVENT – Nearly 150,000 visitors are expected from October 6 to 16 in the aisles of the Montpellier International Fair. Every year, this gigantic ephemeral market welcomes several hundred exhibitors: house and gardens, gastronomy, well-being, nightly concerts, entertainment, etc. all on an area of 40,000 square meters. This year, the fair is placed under the sign of Venice. An exhibition is dedicated to the city of the Doges. An immersive experience will guide you to the heart of a typical plaias of the Serenissima.
From October 6 to 16, Montpellier Exhibition Center, route de la Foire à Pérols
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