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Marais salants

Marais salants · Salt marshes / salt pans

Salt marshes or salt pans where seawater is circulated, evaporated and crystallised into salt.

Marais salants are salt marshes or salt pans where seawater is circulated, evaporated and crystallised into salt. They are the landscape behind products like Guérande and Île de Ré salt.