By then he was a journalist who wrote a defense of the dancer, Malkowski, in the journal Vouloir. Marcel Kienné de Mongeot, who came from a noble family and who was an aviator in the Great War, is credited with starting naturism in France in 1920.
A report on German naturism was published in la Revue des deux mondes. In 1907, supported by his superiors, Abbé Legrée encouraged the students at his catholic college to bathe nude on the rocky beaches near Marseille. Gay created a naturist community at Bois-Fourgon. France is represented on the International Naturist Federation (INF) by the Fédération française de naturisme (FFN). Naturism employs more than 3000 people, and is estimated to be worth €250 million to the French economy. Naturism has been active in France since 1920.įrance has 150 member clubs offering holiday accommodations, 50 holiday centers, official naturist beaches, unofficial beaches, and many homes where naturist swimming and sunbathing is normal.
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