Les sociétés riveraines du golfe du Lion (France) face à l'économie et aux sociétés touristiques et de loisirs (1960-1995) / Coastal communities of the Golfe du Lion (France ) confronted with the economy and the tourist and leisure society

Abstract

The major rupture in the socio-economic life of the Languedoc-Roussillon seaboard had its origins in the 1960s with the setting up of five large-scale tourist centres created from scratch by the "Mission Racine" (1963-1982). These developments brought about the advent of a major mono-activity based on leisure along the coast which provoked both a decline and a restructuring of traditional maritime activities. The fishing communities along the "golfe du Lion" either endanger or adapt themselves to these changes, trying to conciliate their traditional structure with necessary economic modernisation.