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A comet that makes the headlines
#Gard – Established in Saint-Chaptes, for a long time Montpellier, a city where he participated in the discussions of what would become the Odysseum planetarium, the astronomer and astrophysicist Jean-Michel Faidit is honored by Planetarian, a magazine published by the International Planetarium Society since 1972. A photo of the comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas in the Gard sky earned it for the fourth time the front page of this reference magazine for planetariums in the world. Previously for articles, there, “It’s with a celestial photograph that I took and it’s a great pleasure”he shares.
The number of the day: 332
#DRAWS – This is the number of births at the Mende maternity ward in 2024. A decreasing figure, as in the rest of France. “We noticed that there are more transfers to university hospitals”notes Gretel Grimal, maternity executive. We are also seeing an increase in home births, whether unexpected or chosen. The maternity ward can boast of not having closed a single day in 2024. A rare case in Occitanie (excluding university hospitals). In 2024, the service welcomed two doctors qualified abroad.
Miraculous after a 200 meter fall in the mountains
#GARD – “It’s the miracle of this end of year”declares Jean-François. On December 29, 2024, his son, Michel Rognon, 36 years old, was the victim of a dizzying fall from Aneto peak, at 3,404 meters in the Spanish Pyrenees. “I climbed the Vignemale, the Canigou, the Carlit. There, I wanted to bivouac on the Aneto pass. To reassure my mother, I decided not to do it alone…”he explains. With a friend, they take on the challenge. But on the descent, to catch his down jacket, Michel falls. According to his smartwatch, he fell 200 m at a speed of 35.4 km/h. His friend managed to alert the emergency services. Michel Rognon will be airlifted to a hospital in Spain then transferred to Montpellier. “I was lucky”recognizes Michel, who comes out with a month of convalescence.
The Minister of Labor in Aveyron
#VISIT – It is the prime minister of the new Bayrou government who is traveling to Aveyron. Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, in charge of Labor and Employment, who wishes to increase field trips, chose Aveyron among her first destinations on Wednesday January 8 and Thursday January 9, 2025. Not necessarily a coincidence. Because among the files on the table of rue de Grenelle is that of the generalization of the RSA system. Aveyron is one of the first departments to have participated in the experimentation of support for RSA beneficiaries in 2023, generalized to the entire French territory since January 1, 2025. “More than a year after its launch, the milestones set by France Travail are bearing fruit. Indeed, in terms of the number of beneficiaries, we can see a significant drop in the number of people supported within the framework of an integration contract, in drop of 11% between December 2022 and December 2023”comments the Department of Aveyron.
A monumental funeral
#MONTPELLIER – Georges Frêche and Louis Nicollin were treated to Saint-Pierre Cathedral. For Michel Fromont, Monday January 6, 2025, it was Zénith Sud and Parc des Expositions. But who was Michel Fromont? Without doubt one of the most influential Montpellier residents. He liked to describe himself as a plumber. Plumber entrepreneur whose first springboard was to chair the plumbers of Hérault, then the commercial court, the construction federation, the CCI, the airport supervisory board. Missions for which he received the National Order of Merit and the Legion of Honor. In 2009, he created the Cercle Mozart which brings together the Montpellier economic world. Monday, everyone praised this man “who loved people, who helped people”.
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