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Former mayor of Pamiers and former deputy of Ariège, André Trigano died at the age of 99 last night. In sixty years of public life, he will have left his mark on Pamiers after Mazères. He has been in opposition since the last municipal elections.
In sixty years of public life, he will have left his mark on Pamiers, after Mazères. André Trigano died at the age of 99, on the night of Sunday May 5 to Monday May 6.
The Trigano reign is the time when Pamiers acquired large-scale commercial zones, when the industrial zone of Pic became denser until it required the development of its younger sister, Gabrielat. It’s the arrival of the motorway, the SNCF shuttles with Toulouse, the maintenance of the 1er RCP (it was not won), the construction of the Village-Auto, the Neptunia nautical center, the association house, the renovation or construction of school groups, the local canteen, the childhood center , the media library, recently the multisports hall, the BMX track etc. It is the new treatment plant, the rescue of the slaughterhouses, and the arrival of the giant die press at Aubert and Duval, the assurance of perpetuating this activity of the future in Pamiers.
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Economic growth and numerous job creations
The Trigano era is the gradual reconquest of the old hospital, after the loss of activity, the purchase of the Carmel, more contested at La Roue, the modernization of the Mail games room, the leased campsite to a private. It is in fact the development of many SMEs and SMIs, industrial or commercial activities, over which he presided and which he encouraged.
André Trigano liked to say: “I promised to create 1,000 jobs, in the end it was 3,000 who came to Pamiers”. We will not quibble about the accuracy of the figure given, as the economic boom has brought about a large number of job creations.
Of the race of builders
Since 2010, growth had slowed down, the city center had aged, the city’s revenues had been impoverished by the overhaul of the professional tax, the city had even been classified as “poor”, a qualifier which scratched the pride of André Trigano. Even if it opened the door to new external financing.
Dozens of mayors have gone through the history of Pamiers, some have had a profound impact on it, André Trigano will be among this small number. And in this group, he belongs to the breed of builders. The businessman who loved to create within the company will have been able to go further by taking over a city. And he was proud of it, and happy, to the point that it was impossible for him to imagine that he would one day have to hang it up.
