Le Mans is famous for hoisting the 24-hour car endurance race and the 24-hour motorcycle race. It is also famous for its rillettes (a recipe of pork pâté)
Le Miserables, as the name implies, is the story of the unfortunate classes of 19th Century France. The cause of misery is depicted as a brutal society in which women are used and abandoned first by...
Many French towns are named after the Gaulish tribes living in the area. Le Mans took its name after the local Gaulish tribe of the Cenomanii, altered in middle French as Celmans.