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Asterix's Village

Lying near a sea of blue and a lush forest lies the Gaulish Village that holds out against the might which is Rome.

Have you ever noticed Goscinny and Uderzo never gave "the village we know so well" a name?

Historically, Gaulish villages have never been given names.

Some villages in Northern France claim to be the inspiration for the Gaulish Village. In truth, all that we know about the village is that it is located somewhere on the coast of Brittany better known in Asterix's world as Amorica. In April 1992 The Independent featured an article on the front page stating a village, identical to Asterix's one. Was Goscinny and Uderzo working on a sixth sense. Probably not, the date was April 1st. Work it out for yourself.

But getting back to the fact that the village is nameless. On the subject, Uderzo says "There are two things that have no names: the Village and the wife of Geriatrix".

'nough said.

The People

The Village doesn't have that great a population; I just look at the number of huts. They make up for the lack of numbers with the Magic Potion and their strong sense of liberty. The people generally each have jobs that keep the village running such as Vitalstatistix (Chief), Fulliautomatix (blacksmith), Unhygenix (fishmonger), Getafix (Druid), Obelix (Menhir delivery man, although, this isn't exactly that beneficial to the village), Cacofonix (Bard, school teacher) and Bucolix (farmer).

This diagram shows whose hut is whose. Email me if you know who the other huts belong to.
Fights

The Gaulish Village often fights among each other when Romans are scarce. This is usually in the form of a fish fight.

They don't really mean and are usually one whole village that supports each other. The only reason they are caused is because of the constant bickering between Faulioutomatix and Unhygenix about the state of Unhygenix's unfresh fish.