The Causse du Larzac is a limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France. It is an agricultural area, where sheep are bred to produce milk for Roquefort cheese. The Causses are a group of chalk plateaus (700-1,200 m) in the Massif Central. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ... In geology and earth science, a plateau (alternatively spelt in a false French spelling plâteau, the real spelling in French being plateau) is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat open country if the uplift was recent in geologic history. ... France, viewed from the NASA Shuttle Topography Radar Mission. ... Roquefort is a flavorful ewes-milk bleu cheese from the south of France. ...

History

In October 1970, National Defense Minister Michel Debré decided, without consulting the local population, to turn a military camp of 30 km² outside the village of La Cavalerie in Aveyron into a much larger (170 km²) and more strategic military base. Local farmers objected and decided to fight against the project, through actions such as occupation of empty farms purchased by the Army in anticipation of the expansion. José Bové moved there during this period in support of the protests. Following ten years of nonviolent resistance, the plan was cancelled by president François Mitterrand after his election in 1981. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Categories: French government | Stub ... Michel Debré, French politician Michel Debré (January 15, 1912 - August 2, 1996) was a French politician. ... Aveyron is a département in southern France named after the Aveyron River. ... A military base is an isolated facility, settlement, or installation that shelters military equipment and personnel. ... José Bové (born June 11, 1953) is a French farmer, anarcho-syndicalist, member of the anti-globalisation movement, and spokesperson for Via Campesina. ... Nonviolent resistance (or nonviolent action) comprises the practice of applying power to achieve socio-political goals through symbolic protests, economic or political noncooperation, civil disobedience and other methods, without the use of physical violence. ... François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996;   pronunciation?) was a French politician and President of France from May 1981, re-elected in 1988, until 1995. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Because of its history it was chosen as the site of a massive meeting against the World Trade Organization which took place in August 2003. [1] The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization which oversees a large number of agreements defining the rules of trade between its member states (WTO, 2004a). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sights

Five medieval fortified villages, related to the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller. are located on the Larzac plateau: The Seal of the Knights — the two riders have been interpreted as a sign of poverty or the duality of monk/soldier. ... The Knights Hospitaller (the or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in the 11th century based in the Holy Land, but soon became a militant Christian Chivalric Order under its own charter, and was charged with the care...

• La Cavalerie
• La Couvertoirade
• Saint-Jean-d'Alcas [2], part of the Saint-Jean-et-Saint-Paul commune
• Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
• Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux

La Couvertoirade is a village and commune in the Aveyron département, in southern France. ... The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...

External link

• Conservatoire Larzac Templier et Hospitalier