Date: 25 February 2017 / 5 March 2017
Place: Paris Porte de Versailles
The year the General Agricultural Competition was created. The descendant of the country fairs of the 18th century and the “Plump Animals”or “Slaughter Animals”competition was created in 1844 in Poissy. The General Agricultural Competition was officially launched in Paris in 1870.
Key figures
• 691,058 visitors in 2015
• 1,050 exhibitors from 22 countries
• over 3,500 animals