The Nièvre department was one of the main region for producing metal before being supplanted by Lorraine and Northern France steel-producing areas in the 19th century.
The French government announced on June 19 that “la Marianne”, applied to bottled wines or containers of up to three liters, will no longer be required from June 1, 2019.
The tenth postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a coalman erecting a charcoal kiln.
With threats to the biodiversity, France decides a few years ago to collect all the natural history collections data on a single IT platform. As a matter of fact, natural history collections are a very important source of information to understand global climatic change since the start of the industrial age and to scientifically document the evolution of natural diversity.
It’s at the beginning to fight against fraud, that was gradually built the concept of Denomination of Origin, from the beginning of the XXth century (law of 1905).
The ninth postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a young boy drinking the water of a spring.
The sessile oak and the pedunculate oak are close cousins. Physically, they look a lot alike, and at equal quality, their wood has the same uses.
The first sawmill to produce on the Nièvre Merrain site has been built by Alexandre Boulon as shown an advertisement published in the Guide touristique de Varzy (Varzy tourist guide) in 1923.
From Louis XIV to Louis Pasteur, the sale of the Grand Commander cellar is historic for more than one reason, thanks to the presence of three bottles that have survived the centuries.
Etymologically, “loge” (lodge) comes from the Old Frankish word laubja (foliage hut). The lodge, precarious housing typical of the forest proletariat, was usually built by loggers or coal workers directly on the cutting areas.
