TRANSHUMANCE
HERITAGE
A form of agropastoralism, transhumance (from the Latin trans, "beyond", and humus, "earth") consists in moving, at certain seasons, large herds of sheep, cattle, goats and horses , over more or less long distances. In France, it still takes place in a lively and organized way over several territories: the Alps, Corsica, the Jura, the Massif Central, Provence, the Pyrenees, the Vosges, where it shapes, with a wide variety of forms, relationships between men, animals, and ecosystems.
Practiced for over 4,000 years on all continents, transhumance is experiencing a gradual decline in the West. However, in order to preserve this ancestral practice, in June 2020, France inscribed transhumance as Intangible Cultural Heritage.













