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What (who) is pétanque - definition
Pétanque
![Pétanque players in [[Cannes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pétanque players in Cannes (France) 2003.jpg?width=200 "Pétanque players in [[Cannes]]")
![Pétanque at the [[2019 Southeast Asian Games]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/THA vs LAO - Petanque W3s 2019 Southeast Asian Games.jpg?width=200 "Pétanque at the [[2019 Southeast Asian Games]]")
![Playing pétanque in the late afternoon at [[Aigues-Mortes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pétanque a Aigues-Mortes-France.JPG?width=200 "Playing pétanque in the late afternoon at [[Aigues-Mortes]]")
![Men playing pétanque next to the Fort St. Louis in [[Toulon]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toulon Playing Boules.jpg?width=200 "Men playing pétanque next to the Fort St. Louis in [[Toulon]].")
![The 2006 Pétanque World Championship in [[Grenoble]], France](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pétanque Championnats du monde à Grenoble (308551840).jpg?width=200 "The 2006 Pétanque World Championship in [[Grenoble]], France")
![Action on the Pétanque field in [[Batignolles]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petanque batignolles.jpg?width=200 "Action on the Pétanque field in [[Batignolles]].")
![Players of the Brighton & Hove Petanque Club on the Peace Statue Terrain, [[Brighton & Hove]], [[UK]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petanque in brighton.JPG?width=200 "Players of the Brighton & Hove Petanque Club on the Peace Statue Terrain, [[Brighton & Hove]], [[UK]]")
![Bonifacio]] in 1975](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boulespieler am Hafen von Bonifacio im August 1975 (retouched).jpg?width=200 "Bonifacio]] in 1975")
![Pétanque is a popular game among [[pensioner]]s, here in [[Ystad]] 2022.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boule - Ystads Sandskog - Ystad-2022.jpg?width=200 "Pétanque is a popular game among [[pensioner]]s, here in [[Ystad]] 2022.")
BOULES' SPORT GAME
Petanque; Pentanque; Pitong; Pudunk; Patunk; History of pétanque; Petanca
Pétanque (, ; , , also or ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports, along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling. In all of these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball.
petanque
BOULES' SPORT GAME
Petanque; Pentanque; Pitong; Pudunk; Patunk; History of pétanque; Petanca
[p?'ta?k]
¦ noun a game similar to boule played chiefly in Provence.
Origin
Fr., from Provencal ped tanco, lit. 'foot fixed (to the ground)', describing the start position.
Welsh Pétanque Association
The Welsh Pétanque Association () (WPA) (established 2004) is the governing body for the sport of pétanque in Wales. The WPA is affiliated to the Confédération Européenne de Pétanque (CEP) and the Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP).
