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Map of the Camargue. With an area of over 930 km 2 (360 sq mi), the Camargue is one of western Europe's largest river deltas [citation needed].It is a vast plain comprising large brine lagoons or étangs, cut off from the sea by sandbars and encircled by reed-covered marshes.
The Camargue bull is smaller than the Spanish fighting bulls, stocky, with high horns and head. It measures about 1.40 m at the withers. It is primarily intended for bullfighting which is very popular in the region. The Camargue horse is the ultimate companion for herdsmen to move into the marshes and herd bulls.
The river Rhône forks into two branches just upstream of Arles, forming the Camargue delta. Because the Camargue is for a large part administratively part of Arles, the commune as a whole is the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of territory. But its population numbers only slightly more than 50,000.
The Parc naturel régional de Camargue is a protected area which was designated in 1970 along the shoreline of the Camargue, France. [1] The park protects a wetland environment and an adjacent marine area. The boundaries of the park have been expanded to include a lagoon called the Étang de Vaccarès.
Aimargues is a small town in the Petite Camargue beside the River Vidourle which rises in the Cévennes Mountains to the northwest. Some 6,000 years BC much of the interior of the Petite Carmargue was occupied by a lagoon, l’étang de l’or , which was separated from the sea by a sandy bar.
Camargue Horses registered in the stud book, foaled and identified in Camargue area, branded before weaning, and from a manade (a small, semi-feral herd structure). The berceau or cradle of the breed is strictly defined, and consists of 45 communes in the départements of Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard and Hérault. [12] Camargue hors manade
Camargue is a natural region located south of Arles, France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône delta. Camargue may also refer to: Camargue (horse) Rolls-Royce Camargue; Operation Camargue in the First Indochina War; Camargue cattle; Camargue equitation; Camargue red rice; a style of bullfighting practiced in the ...
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