The oyster farm of Demain nous appartient, known by the fictional name “Les Huîtres de Jeanne,” has become one of the most recognizable settings of the daily series on TF1. Identifying its real location requires understanding how the production utilizes the area around Sète, between indoor studios and outdoor filming locations.
Sète Studios and Outdoor Sets: Two Filming Logics
The production of Demain nous appartient relies on a precise setup. The main studios occupy an old bottling factory of the wine group Chai Skalli, located at the entrance of Sète. This choice of location allows for a combination of reconstructed sets in the studio and natural sites within a limited geographical radius.
For the oyster farm, this organization has a direct consequence: interior scenes can be filmed in the studio while wide shots and outdoor sequences use real sites around the ponds and the Sète coastline. It is not a singular location, but a regular environment around which a part of the professional life of the filming teams is organized.
To better situate the oyster farm of Demain nous appartient in its narrative context, the set has been restored and expanded over the seasons to accompany the storylines of the character Alex Bertrand.
Sète, Agde, Thau Basin: Mapping the Filming Locations
The series uses several sites along the Hérault coastline. Understanding their distribution allows for a more precise location of the oyster farm in relation to other sets.
| Real Location | Municipality | Usage in the Series |
|---|---|---|
| Old Chai Skalli Factory | Sète | Main studios (interiors) |
| Sète Port and Canals | Sète | Recurring outdoor scenes |
| Château Laurens | Agde | Occasional set for certain storylines |
| La Conque Beach | Agde (Cap d’Agde) | Beach scenes |
| Edges of Thau Pond | Thau Basin | Oyster farm (exteriors) |
The farm is located in the oyster park area of the Thau Basin, an environment consistent with the oyster farming activity of the character Alex Bertrand. The landscapes of the pond, with the oyster tables visible in the background, are not reproduced in the studio.
The Journal L’Agathois confirmed that sites in the municipality of Agde, such as Château Laurens and La Conque Beach, were chosen by the series’ teams. The oyster farm fits into this same logic of using natural sets located between Sète and Agde.
Why the Oyster Farm Set Changed Between Seasons
The farm has not always looked the same on screen. Programme TV exclusively presented photos of a newly fully restored farm for the storylines of Alex and Judith. This change in set is not trivial: it reflects the production’s method, which adapts physical locations to the developments of the script.
Several factors explain these transformations:
- The evolution of family storylines around the couple Alex Bertrand and Judith requires different living spaces (open kitchen, terrace overlooking the pond).
- The logistical constraints related to daily filming sometimes necessitate changing real sites or reconfiguring an existing set to streamline production.
- The desire to visually refresh the series after several seasons, in order to maintain the interest of loyal viewers.
The farm is not a unique and fixed building, but an assembly of real outdoor shots and reconstructions in the studio. The same “farm” on screen can correspond to several distinct physical locations depending on the seasons.
Sète as the Capital of Daily Series: The Effect on Natural Sets
The lasting presence of Demain nous appartient in Sète has transformed the city and its surroundings into a hub of audiovisual production. An article from Midi Libre published in 2026 describes the region as the “capital of daily series” in Occitanie, a position reinforced by the simultaneous presence of other productions like Un si grand soleil in Montpellier.
For filming locations like the oyster farm, this lasting establishment changes the game. Outdoor sets are not just simple temporary rentals: they become regular environments, maintained and sometimes specifically adapted for the needs of the series. The actors themselves have settled in the region, such as Vanessa Demouy (who chose a house in the heart of the vineyards in Hérault) or Ingrid Chauvin (who lives on Mont Saint-Clair in Sète with a view of the sea).
This proximity between the actors’ living spaces and filming locations is not trivial. It allows for more flexible working sessions and a real familiarity with the landscapes, which translates on screen into an authenticity that is difficult to reproduce in the studio.
Visiting the Real Sets of Demain nous appartient Around the Thau Basin
The exteriors of the oyster farm are located in an area accessible to the public, along the shores of the Thau Basin. The oyster parks, oyster huts, and paths bordering the pond constitute the natural setting visible in the series.
Some landmarks for fans wishing to identify the locations:
- The oyster tables of the Thau Basin are concentrated between Bouzigues, Mèze, and Marseillan, three municipalities located on the northern shore of the pond.
- Sète Port and the Pointe Courte district offer landscapes very similar to those used for certain scenes of the farm.
- Château Laurens in Agde and La Conque Beach complete the circuit of identified filming locations of the series.
The Thau Basin remains an active oyster farming site, with producers working daily in the same waters filmed for the series. Filming coexists with this professional activity, which imposes scheduling constraints and specific authorizations managed by the production.
The oyster farm of Demain nous appartient does not exist as a unique visitable building. Its visual identity results from a montage between real exteriors of the Thau Basin and interiors reconstructed in the studios of the old Chai Skalli factory in Sète. It is this combination that gives the set its coherence on screen, season after season.
