Traditional old French Gendarmerie (police station) in Western France, Maine-et-Loire, Europe

Marais Poitevin, near Coulon, western Loire, Poitou Charentes, France, Europe

Man with alembique spirit still, Western Loire, France, Europe

Man pushing wheelbarrow in the salt pans near Guerande in Western Loire, France, Europe

Vigneron near Nantes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Exterior of Chateau Rochecourbon and colourful flowerbeds in formal gardens, near Saintes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Chateau Montreuil Bellay, near Saumur, western Loire, Loire Valley, France, Europe

Portrait of a French eel fisherman on his bicycle looking at the camera, with fish traps behind, at the Lac de Grand Lieu in Western Loire, France, Europe

Pont St. Martin, western Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

Portrait of two French men standing looking at the camera, one holding a basket of grapes, vignerons, near Nantes, western Loire, France, Europe

Vignerons near Nantes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Man shovelling salt into a wheelbarrow in the salt pans near Guerande in Western Loire, France, Europe

Muscadet grapes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Vendee, Ile d'Olonne, western Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

Chateau Gonier, River Mayenne, Western Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe