Until the environment(middle) of the XIX-th century, this country of the black lands lived practically in autarky because everything or almost was produced there on the spot :

since the red plaster to build, by way of the wool, the ropes of hemp, the honey up to the oil of nut and in the wine.


Of this beautiful balance broken by the industrial revolution followed a drift from the land which would have been able to be fatal to him(her) if there had been these no farmer rash for whom irrigation and spraying brought the keys of the flourish.


Today this valley of the Big Valley, again serene, can be proud of offering beyond its fruit productions considered as the very attractive tourist originalities.


The exceptional aerology allows the gliding of mountain in a particularly protected natural environment which creates a feeling of space and omnipresent peace which only the songs of birds succeed in disturbing.

Credit text and photo (S Of Houwt) : Plaque to publicitair "Country of Motte-Turriers"