Major Christophe Targe knows the Mauges territory (Maine-et-Loire) well. He moved there in October 2018, during a transfer to the Sèvremoine brigade. In 2020, he took up the position of chief warrant officer at the Beaupréau-en-Mauges brigade.
And, a few months ago, the non-commissioned officer climbed a new level by becoming a major and taking over the reins of the community of gendarmerie brigades of Montrevault-sur-Èvre. This ensures the management of two brigades: Montrevault and Orée-d'Anjou. “I’m going around the Mauges, sourit Christophe Targe. I started my new job on the 1stis avril. »
Thirty-two years of career
This Tuesday, November 5, the assumption of command ceremony took place. In front of his teams, the elected officials, the squadron leader of the Cholet gendarmerie, Meryl Baltayan, and the sub-prefect of Cholet, Corinne Minot, the 52-year-old major therefore officially took up his duties.
Coming from a family of gendarmes, Christophe Targe, originally from Marseille, joined the gendarmerie school in Montluçon (Allier) in 1993. “I first worked in Isère, then in Poitou-Charentes and Guadeloupe, before arriving in Mauges. I’ve been in the business for 32 years,” he counts.
Among his many missions, the major cites in particular the commitment to the fight against domestic violence and for road safety.
