Were you unable to follow the news in the Pays de la Loire from Saturday 22 to Friday 28 June? Here are five pieces of information that you should not have missed.
Welcome to Hellfest!
Metal fans are once again meeting in Clisson, in Loire-Atlantique, from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 June: welcome to Hellfest, the largest extreme music festival in Europe. More than 240,000 festival-goers are expected to attend no fewer than 180 concerts. A new feature this year: the grand arrival of the Guardian of Darkness, a creature designed by the Nantes company La Machine.
In the Pays de la Loire, Covid is on the rise again
In its latest infectious report in Pays de la Loire, the Pasteur Institute confirms a return of cases of contamination with the Sars-Cov-2 virus, also called Covid-19. Nothing to do with a massive epidemic, but the number of positive cases increased by 30%, from June 10 to 15. SOS doctors confirm an abnormally high number of infectious pathologies, and a surprising return of whooping cough.
Terminals to contact the police in the town center of Les Sables-d’Olonne
The city of Les Sables-d’Olonne (Vendée) is testing the installation of eight call points from July 1 to August 31. They allow you to contact the municipal police directly in the event of a problem. Connected to video surveillance cameras, the device is intended to be a deterrent. An investment that amounts to €140,000.
The cruise is not really fun on the Loire
This Wednesday, June 26, at the end of the morning, the guardrails of the upper deck of the cruise ship Loire Princesse touched the bridge of Ingrandes-Le Fresne-sur-Loire, in Maine-et-Loire. This is not the first misadventure of the Loire Princesse.
After a fire, air analyzes in the trash
A major fire broke out on June 9 in Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou, near Angers (Maine-et-Loire). The rapid intervention force of Air Pays de la Loire, which monitors the region’s air quality, took samples. But there will be no results. The victim company does not want to pay the €40,000 bill.
