The association Parlaren à Bouleno founded on March 14th 1978, it is a non profit-making association ruled by the french law of july 1st 1901.
Bollène is in Provence, in te north-west of the Vaucluse department.
Parlaren à Bouleno is a member of the departemental federation Parlaren en Vaucluso.
At the present time : President : Annie Vadon – Secretary : Edward Jalaguier – Treasurer : Jacques Vincent.
The association is composed of 65 members.
What do we do ?
Parlaren à Bouleno has been running the Provençal Documentation Centre since 1982 ; this Provençal Documentation Centre is at everyone's disposal.
Documentation :
For all those who want to know more about Provence : its culture, language, history, litterature, music, traditions, economy, geography, flora and fauna, cooking, sport, agriculture, tourisme etc…
If you are working on a conference, a university dissertation or thesis, an exhibition or lessons for ou pupils ; or if you are simply inquisitive;
We can provide : books, cassettes, CDs, provençal flags, documentary brochures. In order to receive our catalogue please send five 0,54 € stamps.
Exhibition :
If you are not too far from Bollène we can provide exhibitions on the following subjects Provençal litterature from the year 1000 to the year 2000 – Paul Marquion : playwright and man of the theatre – Côtes du Rhônes wines and vineyards – Sheep and moving the flocks to and from the alpine pastures – the life and works of Frederic Mistral – Fire-clay in Bollène – History of Provence – from european languages to our language.
Conference :
To enliven an afternoon or an evening we ca do a conference on the following subjecs : Christmas traditions – Carmentras traditions – Nicolas Saboly – le Bailli de Suffren – Frederic Mistral – What is la Provence ? – Provence and Europe – the fire-clay industry in Bollène