Manade

A manade of Camargue horses means at least four mares in reproductive age living together on at least 20 hectares.

A manade (prov. menada, originally from lat. manus = hand)[1] is a term used mainly in the Camargue area in France for a semi-feral group of Camargue cattle or horses led by a gardian, or herder.[1][2] In French, the word manade dates from 1867.[1] In older texts it also referred to herds of sheep,[3]: 101  but modern use of the term is limited only to raising groups of larger livestock.

Raising animals in manades is specific for the Crau, Camargue (Provence) and Petite Camargue (Languedoc) regions of France,[3]: 101  and therefore the term itself is strongly associated with the same area.

  1. ^ a b c Paul Robert (1976). Le Petit Robert, dictionnaire (in French). Paris: S.N.L.
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