The list of municipalities recognized as being in a state of natural disaster following the two waves of flooding in October continues to grow. More than sixty towns and villages in Yvelines and Essonne benefit from recognition due to the damage linked to the second episode of intense rain, on October 17 and 18.
The details are given in the Official Journal published on November 5. We note in particular that many of these municipalities had already been affected by the first wave caused by Storm Kirk, a week earlier. This had already led to the classification of 75 communes in Yvelines and 71 in Essonne.
For affected individuals, this recognition of a state of natural disaster opens the door to better insurance coverage. Residents of the municipalities concerned now have 30 days, from the day after the date of publication in the official journal, to contact their company.
In Yvelines, once again, it was the small towns in the south of the department which suffered the most, like Prunay-en-Yvelines. Part of this small town, located on the border of Eure-et-Loir, had been literally invaded by water following the sudden rise of Perray. Around thirty residents even had to be evacuated.
But the decree also concerns certain larger towns, such as Sartrouville, Carrières-sur-Seine or Chatou or Houilles, regularly affected by network overflow.
The Yvelines prefecture also indicates that the cases of 23 other municipalities, having made a request for the period from October 16 to 20, 2024, will be studied before a commission which will meet during the week, with further investigation underway.
Same precision in Essonne, where 15 additional municipalities were recognized as being in a state of natural disaster for the precipitation suffered between October 16 and 20. Among them, Les Ulis is cited twice because the decree also takes into account the first wave of floods. “The files submitted by 18 other municipalities are adjourned due to additional elements to be gathered, and will be re-examined during a subsequent commission,” indicates the Essonne prefecture. It is therefore not, at this stage, a refusal to recognize the state of natural disaster but a simple delay in the decision. »
Yvelines. For the period from October 8 to 13: Les Bréviaires, La Falaise, Maurepas, Orgeval, Saint-Lambert and Toussus-le-Noble. For the period from October 16 to 20: Ablis, Auffargis, Beynes, Boinville-le-Gaillard, Bonnelles, Bullion, Carrières-sur-Seine, La Celle-les-Bordes, Cernay-la-Ville, Chatou, Chevreuse, Choisel, Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Émancé, Les-Essarts-le-Roi, Houilles, Jouars-Pontchartrain, Lévis-Saint-Nom, Longvilliers, Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, Neauphle-le-Château, Orcemont, Orphin, Orsonville, Paray-Douaville, Le Perray-en-Yvelines, Ponthévrard, Prunay-en-Yvelines, Rambouillet, Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, Saint-Forget, Saint-Hilarion, Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Sainte-Mesme, Sartrouville, Senlisse, Sonchamp and Villiers-Saint-Frédéric.
Essonne. For the period from October 16 to 20: Bièvres, Brétigny-sur-Orge, Breuillet, Briis-sous-Forges, Forges-les-Bains, Gif-sur-Yvette, Gometz-le-Châtel, Limours, Les Molières, Saint- Chéron, Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne, Sermaise, Les Ulis (and also for the period from October 8 to 13), Le Val-Saint-Germain, Vaugrigneuse.
