No. 844 of the magazine LE COMPAGNNAGE is soon available!
We strive to publish our magazine in time and time but at the same timeUnion compagnonnique All the companions are volunteers (even if we have the support of a great team of pros for the newspaper: maquettist, rereading...) and sometimes your review gets late. But sometimes it's worth [...]
The Companions of Pézenas at the heart of the Meetings of the Crafts of Heritage
On 18, 19 and 20 September 2026, the City of Pézenas will host the Rencontres des Métiers d'Art du Patrimoine, a new event initiated by Ateliers d'Art de France as part of the European Heritage Days. The aim of this event is to highlight the know-how related to restoration, transmission and [...]
Are the Companion's values still relevant?
Photo above © Musée Carnavalet Paris This open question is addressed not only to our Companion Society, but to every member who composes it. Inseparable from the hand and the profession, the spirit of the Companion is expressed by values, a desire to always do better, travel or « Tour de France »[...]
A Future in Hand: A Tool to Discover Crafts and Heritage
In a context where the craft and heritage trades are seeking to inspire new vocations, the Avenir platform is a particularly interesting tool to discover Accessible for free online, this site offers a real gateway to more than 300 trades and tens of thousands of training courses throughout France. [...]
Exposure « The language of the walls. Stamps from China to Notre-Dame » is open!
CONFERENCE Thursday 26 March 18h30 – 20h Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris UNE LECTURE INÉDITE DE OUR DAME DE PARIS : SIGNE LAPADIaires ET GRAFFITIS This conference proposes to go back to the scenes of an unprecedented work carried out during the construction of Notre-Dame de Paris. Through the story of a singular collaboration and the exploration of a revised stamping technique, [...]
Festival FAIRESPECTIVES from 26 to 28 March at Versailles campus
From 26 to 28 March 2026 Campus Versailles, Grand Écurie du Roi In a few days the FAIRSPECTIVES festival will open its doors. Three days to explore, in concrete terms, what it means to be a worker of tomorrow: an actor in transitions, at the crossroads of know-how, innovation and ecological, economic and societal issues. Register [...]
A new section of theUnion compagnonnique at Sayat's cure (Puy-de-Dôme)
A new chapter opens for Sayat's communal heritage with the signature of the Emphyteotic lease between the municipality and the city.Union compagnonnique. The old cure will soon host a Cayenne, i.e. a companion house intended for both associative life, training and accommodation of young aspirants in the turn of France. This establishment [...]
Wood-turning Companions: When history has passed from hand to hand since 1731
Companion Traditions pass through the centuries through oral but also written transmission. Our latest issue of Le Compagnonnage immerse you in the fascinating history of Le Devoir's wood turning companions, whose first written regulations date back to 1731. This corporation, among the oldest of the Companionage, offers us an exceptional testimony [...]
Alexandre Chambat : When the hand and mind unite in gastronomy
In the demanding world of Companion Gastronomy, some journeys go beyond the simple career to embody a true philosophy. This is precisely the case of Alexandre Chambat, Savoyard, the Example of Companions, whose masterpiece of Reception beautifully illustrates the balance between manual know-how and intellectual creativity. Born in 1996 in Annecy, this young cook forged his professional identity [...]
