page_title: Occitan (local currency)
section_title: Currency issue, exchange and acceptance
hierarchical_section_title: Occitan (local currency) / Currency issue, exchange and acceptance
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context_page_description: Occitan is the name of a community currency started in 2010 in Pézenas, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It is named after the Occitan language.
  The Occitan program is intended to promote local commerce. The Occitan operates with a fixed exchange rate: 1 Occitan = €1.
  There is a fixed commission of 4% for members and 6% for individuals.
context_section_description: They have a 1-year validity.
  Bills of 1, 2, 5, and 10 Occitans are issued. They feature an Occitan cross and the portrait of Molière who started his career in Pézenas.
  To maintain an individual bill's validity, a "scrip" corresponding to 2% of the banknote value must be paid every six months. (This system, called demurrage, is a form of currency circulation tax and was invented by Silvio Gesell.)
caption: Molière and the Occitan Cross on the 2-Occitan Bill
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