They are as tasty as they are unusual.
Places with improbable names abound in France.
Just leave the big cities, take a car, train or bike, and take a look at the signs.
You will read names such as
"Vatan"
,
"La Trougne"
,
"Pleure"
...
They often have a funny story.
Did you know that the village of
"Poil"
, in the Nièvre, owes its toponym, not because of the strong hairiness of the inhabitants, but to its Latin
pictia
origin
.
It was not until the 13th century that the name changed to Poiz, then Poys.
In the Middle Ages,
the
final
l
appears, and
Poil
is formed as a homophone of the word
“pea”
.
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.