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    • Source: BERC

      • The BERC acronym corresponds to the term Basque Excellence Research Centres, a category or type of research center funded and fostered by the Basque Government and framed in the Basque Science, Technology and Innovación network.
      The Basque Excellence Research Center are characterized by their vocation to become spearheads of the Basque university system and also of the overall scientific research in the Basque Country, being their final objective to become relevant nodes of the European network of referent research organisations.
      The strategic objective of the Basque Government with the BERCs is to place the Basque research capabilities on the world map of scientific discovery and knowledge creation in the research areas considered strategic, so they can act as levers for the social and economic development, by the advanced use of science, technology and innovation, as a way to improve competitiveness.


      Research Institutions


      Currently nine research institutions have this consideration:

      Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
      BC3 - Basque Center for Climate Change
      BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics
      BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
      BCMaterials - Basque Center for Materials, Applications & Nanostructures
      DIPC - Donostia Internacional Physics Center
      FBB - Fundación Biofísica Bizkaia
      MPC - Materials Physics Center
      POLYMAT - Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering


      References

    • Source: Berc

      • Berc is a small village in the south of France. It is located in the department of Lozère, in the Massif Central, on the border with the department of Cantal, at an altitude of 1,101 metres (3,612 ft). In 1968 there were 144 inhabitants.
      An independent commune until 1 January 1973, Berc now forms the new commune of Les Monts-Verts with the villages of Arcomie and Le Bacon.


      History


      Berc was created in 1877 from the communes of Arcomie, La Fage-Saint-Julien and Termes. On 1 January 1973, it merged with two communes, Arcomie and Le Bacon, to form the new commune named Les Monts-Verts.
      The town was known at the beginning of the twentieth century for its artisanal production of sabots.


      Local culture and heritage




      = Places and monuments

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      Église Sainte-Marie de Berc.
      Cross near the church of Sainte-Marie.











      = Personalities

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      Pierre Veyron (1903-1970), Grand Prix motor racing driver, was born in Berc. Bugatti Automobiles named one of its models, the Bugatti Veyron, after him.


      See also


      Les Monts-Verts


      References

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