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ISSUE 46
DECEMBER 2012
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Project to provide jobs for the young
FORTY jobs specifically tailored for young people will be created in the Dordogne in 2013. The department has qualified for a national scheme to increase employment opportunities for the under 25s as it suffers its worst jobless figures on record. The state will fund 75% of the salaries of the new jobs and has promised to create 100,000 positions for young people across the country. At the end of September nearly 20,000 people were looking for work locally – a rise of 5.1% in just one month. In 12 months the Dordogne has seen a 15.5% increase – the highest in Aquitaine (13.7%) and way above the national rise of 10.1%. It is mostly men under 25 and people over 50 who have the most difficulty in finding work. September is traditionally a bad month in the Dordogne as the tourist season ends and young school leavers return. This year had less seasonal agricultural work due in part to the failure of the apple harvest, particularly in the north where many farmers lost 90% of their crop due to a late frost. However the situation is a concern for politicians and leaders in the department. Turn to page 2
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Pizza-maker named world number three A DORDOGNE pizza restaurant boss has been named the third best pizza-maker in the world. Frédéric Nereau, who runs Pharaon Pizza in Coulounieix-Chamiers near Périgueux, picked up a bronze medal for his seafood pizza at a global awards ceremony at Disneyland Paris. His winning pizza was based around Saint-Jacques and a saffron sauce. Locals at his restaurant are particularly fond of another of his pizzas: made with local foie gras, and Mr Nereau has expansion plans, hoping to open a second branch in Périgueux city centre shortly.
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9/11 firm wins bid to remake Lascaux by JANE HANKS
A Norwegian group of architects has won the contract to reproduce the whole of the Lascaux cave paintings using the very latest techniques – potentially attracting 400,000 visitors a year when it opens in 2015. The Snøhetta firm, which designed the National September 11 memorial on the site of the Twin Towers in New York, was chosen from a shortlist of four architects which included the international award-winning Jean Nouvel – famous locally for the controversial huge metal doors on the covered market in Sarlat. A 17-strong jury was attracted by the Norwegian project because of the way it integrates the building into the foot of the Lascaux hillside just outside Montignac.
As well as the facsimile of the original cave there will be areas explaining cave painting. At present Lascaux 2, which was created 30 years ago, welcomes 300,000 visitors a year and is seen as central to the local tourist industry. In a written description of the new Lascaux 4 project, Snøhetta says that the entrance, designed to blend into the hillside will be brightly lit. There will then be a mid-zone where the light will “diffuse an almost sacred and spiritual atmosphere”. Turn to page 2
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