Mézin, birthplace of Armand Fallières

Take advantage of your visit to Mézin to remember Armand Fallières, a statesman born in Mézin in 1841. After a brilliant political career, Armand Fallières was elected President of the Republic in 1906. His term in office was marked by the end of the Dreyfus affair, the President's opposition to the death penalty, improvements in working conditions for employees, and a major reform of secondary education. We owe him the introduction of secret voting in polling booths. Armand Fallières is closely linked to an emblematic element of Lot-et-Garonne: its gastronomy, and more particularly its spirits, Armagnac and Floc de Gascogne. In fact, in 1909, while he was President of the Republic, he was the one who passed a decree listing the municipalities where Armagnac production was authorized. This was the starting point for the creation of AOC zones.