\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \qj\li105\ri105 \f1 \b The Camargue\par
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\b0 Bounded by the sea and the two branches of the Rh⌠ne delta, the Camargue offers the visitor i
ts pools, its meadows, and its fens covering a total of 56,000 hectares (138,000 acres). Turned into a regional park and a major tourist attraction, its economy is unique in France, both for its rice growing and for its raising of bulls and horses, watch
ed over by the famous \i gardians\i0 (cowherds). The Camargue is equally celebrated for the site of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, where the sisters of the Virgin and their servants, who fled here from persecution, are venerated.\par
