Sauvebonne, Hyères
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De droite à gauche : mairie, église, école © LKL |
Sauvebonne est aussi dotée de deux étangs consacrés à la pêche à la mouche, un centre équestre et un élevage d'autruches, aussi bien que le camping Vert Gapeau, un village de vacances trois étoiles qui propose une gamme d'activités.
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English translation
Sauvebonne, Hyères
Vallée de Sauvebonne is almost entirely green thanks to forests and cultivated fields, notably grape vines, peach trees, apricot trees, fig trees, and rosebushes. This fraction of Hyères stretches along the Gapeau River valley (the river marks the northwest limit of the commune) up to the northern limit: the border with the village of Pierrefeu.
The tiny "locality" (it's far too small to be considered a village) of Sauvebonne is made up of an ancillary town hall, school, church, cemetery, and boules court. Everything was closed up and empty during my visit on Tuesday at around 3pm. The hamlet must be more lively on Saturdays, the day of mass, I imagine.
Sauvebonne also has two fly fishing ponds, a riding school, and an ostrich farm, as well as Vert Gapeau, a three-star vacation village which offers a range of activities.
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Sauvebonne, Hyères La vallée de Sauvebonne est presque entièrement verte grâce aux forêts et aux champs (mot du jour) de cultures, notamment vignes, pêchers, abricotiers, figuiers et rosiers. Cette fraction d'Hyères s'étend le long de la vallée du Gapeau (qui marque la limite nord-ouest de la commune) jusqu'à la limite nord : la frontière avec le village de Pierrefeu. Le minuscule « lieu-dit » (il est vraiment trop petit pour être considéré comme un village) de Sauvebonne consiste en une mairie annexe, une école, une église, un cimetière et un terrain de boules. Tout était fermé et vide pendant ma visite mardi vers 15h00. Le hameau doit être plus animé le samedi, le jour des messes, j'imagine. Sauvebonne est aussi dotée de deux étangs consacrés à la pêche à la mouche, un centre équestre et un élevage d'autruches, aussi bien que le camping Vert Gapeau, un village de vacances trois étoiles qui propose une gamme d'activités. |
Sauvebonne, Hyères Vallée de Sauvebonne is almost entirely green thanks to forests and cultivated fields, notably grape vines, peach trees, apricot trees, fig trees, and rosebushes. This fraction of Hyères stretches along the Gapeau River valley (the river marks the northwest limit of the commune) up to the northern limit: the border with the village of Pierrefeu. The tiny "locality" (it's far too small to be considered a village) of Sauvebonne is made up of an ancillary town hall, school, church, cemetery, and boules court. Everything was closed up and empty during my visit on Tuesday at around 3pm. The hamlet must be more lively on Saturdays, the day of mass, I imagine. Sauvebonne also has two fly fishing ponds, a riding school, and an ostrich farm, as well as Vert Gapeau, a three-star vacation village which offers a range of activities. |
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un élevage d’autruches! Quelle surprise! Y-a-t’il des élevages des lamas dans le voisinage? Les lamas sont très populaire avec des fermiers en Wisconsin, EU.
Merci, Laura, pour votre histoire instructive.
As always, your columnn is such a pleasure to read. Thank you for all your work and for letting us live in France vicariously.
I was surprised to read that Masses are on Saturdays there. That seems so unusual. Is this because it is a small village?
James – I’m going to have to go back, because that seemed strange to me too. My French copine suggested that maybe the mairie is only open a few days a week, and maybe one of those days is Saturday, when everyone is there for mass. That kinda sorta makes sense – I can see why the mairie would want to be open when lots of people are there, but wouldn’t want to be open on Sunday, so maybe church and state came to an agreement.
Laura K. Lawless
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Bonjour Laura! Pour commencer, laissez-moi dire que votre Français est toujours impeccable. Imaginez mon choc quand j’ai lis « kinda sorta » ! On ne s’attendrait pas à ce genre d’anglais de vous sur ce website, dans privé, oui, mais pas dans un format d’enseignement. Juste badinant, naturellement. Merci toujours de vos efforts. Nous apprécions tout ce que vous faites pour nous aider à améliorer notre français.
Roger – SVP – vois les choses du bon coté – -:))
Pauvre Laura est à chaval les deux pays, France et Ètats-Unis.
(kinda, sorta – it is understood very well and used here in the Bluegrass)
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Merci Laura pour toutes ces efforts. Mon Francais impreuve par lire vos textes.
Chère Laura,
Encore merci mille fois. C’est trés intéressant de lire des villages de la belle France. Oui, dans le Midi, des fois la Messe et le Samedi quand le Curé à le temps de venir.
Il n’y a pas beaucoup de curé maintenans en France.
Sometime a priest can only come to celebrate the Mass every other week,as they have several churches to go to in different villages. Sometime they rotate from Saturday to Sunday. it has been like that for several years.
C’est bien dommage, mais c’est la vie.
Adieu,
Jacqueline
Je suis maintenant à Grenoble, et il y a des messes samedi soir, en au moins de quatre églises ici.
Hello!
Last sentance of the second paragraph: samedi, le jour des messes (Saturdays, the day of mass,). Is this correct? Mass is on Sunday.