The charming and dynamic city of Epinal, host to the Festival, was happy to welcome visitors to celebrate, to enjoy together the company and to experience with them the wonder of the finest home-style cheesemaking in Europe.


Known as the "Town of Four Flowers", Epinal was awarded the Grand National Flower Award as well as the First Prize of the European Florists Association.
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Epinal consists of 3386 hectares of wood with a great diversity in tree varieties and is located at less than one hour drive from the mountains of the Vosges region, famous for its magic blue skyline.
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16 establishments of higher vocational eduction. 2500 students study subject matters varying from wood to textile (world-famous Technical Colleges), and from Law to Arts (Visual Arts College).
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96 clubs, 16,000 members. One spinalien (inhabitant of Epinal) out of three is a sportsman! Epinal is heaven to every sports-lover, featuring an Olympic swimming pool, a race track, canoe-kayak facilities, golf 18 holes, and 22 gyms…
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1000 years of history. Our relics include the old town, the Saint-Maurice Basilica, the Castle and its park... Our treasures are the Museum of Old and Contemporary Art, and l'IMAGERIE, famous all over the world, where the wonderful PRINTS OF EPINAL are made right in front of your eyes, following a 200 year-old tradition.

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Halfway between Lisbon and Athens, Copenhagen and Naples, London and Vienna, at only 2 hours and 20 minutes by TGV, the high-speed train of Paris, close to the international airports (Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, Basle-Mulhouse, Strasbourg and Luxembourg) and offering a direct, daily connection with the airport Paris-Orly from Epinal-Mirecourt airport, Epinal is truly located at the heart of Europe.
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The Vosges region with its traditions of cattle breeding and culture is the region where tourism at the farms was invented, the region of authenticity and gastronomy, home to the famous Munster!