a rich year in many ways

A year of work with the commissioning of a relay antenna in Sommeville in order to eliminate the white zone in this sector, the reopening of the footbridge over the canal, under the jurisdiction of the Agglo, in the La Grenouille district which has caused a lot of ink and saliva to flow for nine long months… Preventive pruning work was carried out in various places to secure homes and power lines as well as burying line 20 000 volts supplying the town. Finally, the most substantial work – with an initial amount exceeding €2,000,000 including tax, subsidized at 80% – focused on the construction of the socio-cultural center at Place de l’Ariet in Chevillon. Buildings with high environmental qualities. The work, which began in April 2023, was inaugurated on July 27. The associations (les Primevères, les Twirling-Batons, Les Trois coups, the Pétanque-club and the festival committee) took possession of their new premises in September. Several events have already taken place in and around this place: festivals, meals and various receptions, assemblies, lotteries, markets and clothing exchanges… Many fellow citizens have already been able to discover this new space. Also note the first working meeting on December 5 with all the players essential to the proper development of the municipal project to create a market for local food products which should be operational at the beginning of 2026.

In terms of interventions, local firefighters exceeded 500 outings in 2024 and were in great demand on and off the sector: at the Champ’ionne mushroom factory on April 19 for twelve people presenting discomfort due to exhaust gases . Thirty-six firefighters from the department with a good number of engines were mobilized. One victim had to undergo more in-depth examinations at the hospital. The sector experienced a very disrupted climatic year with very high rainy and windy intensities; mudslide in Sommeville on June 21, major floods in Poissons on June 29 and Meures on July 20, mudslide in Sommeville on June 21, tornado in Curel on August 24 and strong gales in Breuil-sur-Marne on February 24, Rachecourt-Chevillon on March 25 and August 24 leading to fairly recurring power outages and blocked roads.

Finally, the town shines in France but also abroad through its cheese factory which has a project to extend its sales space, but also with Champ’ionne which launched its industrial production of button mushrooms this year with 2,000 t/year and which continues to grow to target 4,000 t per year. It is an 8.5 million euro project which already employs nearly a hundred employees. There is also the expansion of the SCEA Du Creux Chemin henhouse of Adeline and Laurent Viard at Hameau de la Landre with a population of hens which has increased, since December, from 15,000 to 40,000 layers in open space. To be continued…