This November 22, Gil Avérous, Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life, went to Saint-Dizier to inaugurate active design equipment.
Fight against isolation and a sedentary lifestyle. These are the objectives of the active design equipment set up in schools in Saint-Dizier as well as at the pump track. The Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life, Gil Avérous, traveling in the Bragarde city on November 22, welcomed these projects. First, he went to the playground of Gambetta primary school where wooden games, floor markings and basketball hoops were installed.
A playground designed to give children the opportunity to invent a multitude of games but also inclusive because these facilities are intended to be accessible to everyone.
Encourage students to move
As a reminder, three Bragardes schoolyards were transformed in 2024, and four in 2023, thanks to active design equipment to encourage students to move more by practicing at least 30 minutes of sport per day within the framework of national policies and local public health. The last eleven courtyards will be developed by 2026.
The playground is intended to be fun and inclusive with these new facilities. –
An apple tree to plant
For the minister's visit, primary school students had prepared six sports workshops for demonstrations. Due to the low temperatures, they talked with him in the school gymnasium about the benefits of active design. “You are very lucky because few educational establishments in France have implemented projects of this type”pressed Gil Avérous. As for Mayor Quentin Brière, he gave them a tree of secularism (an apple tree) to plant in the playground. The ministerial delegation then went to the pump track.
“Saint-Dizier is a model city in terms of sports facilities”
Before reaching the starting point of the Large Loop (the zero kilometer) located at the foot of the Deauville footbridge, the entire delegation interacted with schoolchildren from Charles Péguy and members of community life. Quentin Brière recalled that Saint-Dizier was an innovative city in terms of sports practice.
The Grande Boucle was inaugurated at its starting point, at kilometer zero. –
“The pumptrack is a demonstration of this since 60,000 people per month use this space.”
As for the eight-kilometer Grande Boucle, it allows you to go around the city, walking, running or cycling. Over the years, it will be enhanced with new activities.
A public health issue
All of the amenities of the Large Loop expected to be delivered by 2026. “My presence today allows me to highlight the City's sports projects. Saint-Dizier is one of the rare municipalities in France to install this type of equipment allowing physical activity while such practice is a challenge public healthaccording to Gil Avérous.
Gil Avérous had already visited Saint-Dizier in October 2023 on the theme of culture as president of Villes de France. –
He assured the mayor that the State would provide financial assistance in future projects, namely the rehabilitation of the former Decathlon into a sports hall because “Saint-Dizier is a model city in terms of sports facilities “.
After his visit to Bragarde land, he went to Chaumont then ended his day in Troyes by attending the league 2 match between Estac and Grenoble.
