Heritage process of mountain and territorialized policy : the "Grand site" policy in Mont Canigou (Eastern Pyrenees)

This thesis focuses on the heritage process of mountains in the context of the implementation of the policy "Grand site" in the Canigou (Eastern Pyrenees). We analyse the relationship between development strategies and protection policies of the mountain in France to update the emergence of a "patrimonial ordre". We show that policy takes hold of heritage through a variety of procedures, devices and projects of different nature that are made consistent with the heritage value. This research is conducted as part of an approach we have termed "ethnogeographic". This allows us to further analyze the base, supports and figures of the heritage value of the Grand site Canigo.