the Namnetes, further South, whose frontier was the Loire river. As a seaboard people, their fortunes increased as they sided with Rome. This salt is completely as nature created it - unwashed, unground, unrefined - nothing added or removed at all. Regarding the potential for micro plastic in Guerande salt: Micro plastic floats on the surface of the water. This salt is created at the bottom of a series of clay-lined lagoons. The seawater is naturally filtered seventeen times before it reaches the last of the collections ponds. These age-old systems of filtration are very sophisticated; sometimes it is the water of the surface which is filtered, sometimes the water of the middle and sometimes the bottom water in turn, up to seventeen times. C’est une excellente question, et j’ai bien cherché. Résultat : sur l’emballage, l’iode n’est pas mentionné, ce qui me fait penser que la teneur est vraiment négligeable. En effet, l’eau présente dans les œillets est de l’eau de mer. Pour arriver jusqu’aux bassins de récolte, elle passe par toute une série de canaux et de bassins. Plus elle s’approche des œillets, plus sa salinité est élevée. C’est cette forte concentration en sel qui entraîne la cristallisation. Quels sont les bienfaits du sel de Guérande?

Notre-Dame la Blanche Church. Listed building in 1910. Built in Gothic style in the 14th century under Jean de Montfort, is the oldest building in the medieval city. Lors des grandes marées (1x par mois), on fait rentrer l’eau de mer dans le premier bassin d’une saline, appelé la vasière. Cette vasière sert de réserve d’eau au paludier pour le reste du mois. According to the classification established by the INSEE in 1999, Guérande is now classified as an urban district, 1 out of 9 forming the urban area of Saint-Nazaire. Le cobier, les fares et les adernes: ces bassins constituent la réserve d’eau permettant d’alimenter les œillets.

Sel de Guérande” and “Fleur de Sel de Guérande” have been specially protected by the European PGI (protected geographical indication) label since 2012, which guarantees the origin and quality of salts from Guérande. Accordingly, the salt farmers of the “Les Salines de Guérande” co-operative produce unwashed, additive-free, regional sea salt by hand and under strict controls. Cooking with sea salt The Guérande Peninsula overlooks two contrasting landscapes: the "Pays Blanc" (White Land), because of its salt marshes, and the "Pays Noir", with the Brière peat bog. The town's salt marshes have made it a renowned producer of salt, and it is the traditional source of fleur de sel, a type of garnishing salt. This small village between Guerande and La Turballe has many typical houses of salt workers. There are many monuments of interest such as the Sainte-Catherine church (built during the 15th century), Requer's Cross ( listed building in 1944) as well as parts of an old Roman wall. During the Middle Ages, the town had a very rich history, with many important events. It was also the capital of the Pays Guérandais, an ancient region of the Duchy of Brittany. They are a part of the salterns of the Atlantic Ocean, more than three-quarters of them, found in the Gironde and the peninsula of Quiberon.

The main towns around Guérande are Saint-Nazaire and Nantes to the East (19km (11.81mi) and 80km (49.71mi) away), and Vannes (70km (43.50mi) to the North). Heritage [ edit ] Guerande map, vieille ville Medieval town [ edit ] Ramparts (15th–16th century) [ edit ]Les marais salants de Guérande sont exploités par des paludiers expérimentés pour la récolte du sel depuis des millénaires. Aside from its big mineral flavours, fleur de sel de Guérande is also renowned for its slightly sweet finish, which has made it a popular addition to chocolate, caramel popcorn and macarons. Louis d'Andigné, Memoirs of General d'Andigné, t. II, Plon, 1901, 434 p. (BnF notice no FRBNF34146667, read online) Aurélien Lignereux, Chouans and Vendéens against the Empire: 1815, the other Hundred-Day War, Paris, Vendémiaire, coll. “Revolution”, 2015, 379 p. (ISBN 978-2-36358-187-7, notice BnF no FRBNF44432607). Un bon ensoleillement et un vent d’est sec sont des conditions très appréciées des paludiers. En effet, ces éléments favorisent l’évaporation de l’eau et la formation des cristaux de sel. Traditionally harvested Atlantic Sea Salt from the Celtic Sea coast of Brittany. Natural crystals of sea salt that has not been ground, and as such appears as a coarse grey Celtic sea salt.