abstract:Occitan is the name of a community currency started in 2010Hérault Tribune news (in French)"L'occitan a espelit a Pesenàs", in Anem! Occitans!
This peaceful riverside enclave sparks to life during the weekly Thursday morning market, when you will hear vendors and shoppers trading the melodic sounds of Occitan (the original language of the region, spoken today by about 1.5 million people in southern France).