Top 6 notable news from the Dinan sector in 2024 with a fun first place

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It's over for the year 2024 which leaves behind its share of good and bad memories. But whether it is pleasant news, dark announcements or lighter news, the articles from Petit Bleu des Côtes-d'Armor have often crossed the borders of the Dinan sector (Côtes-d'Armor) via the news platform .fr and some have been read tens of thousands of times… or even hundreds of thousands of times for those who place themselves en haut du podium.

6 – The relationship between Florent Manaudou and Lola Duménil in broad daylight

The sixth most read article in 2024 on the Petit Bleu des Côtes-d’Armor website is formalizing the relationship between the famous swimmer and a young woman from Dinan, triathlete.

Florent Manaudou and Lola Duménil posted several photos on their respective Instagram accounts, in April, sharing their joy with their fans.

It was then the start of a series of photos of the two athletesthe last dating from early Decemberwith beautiful images during the Olympic Games in which Florent Manoudou participated.

More than 82,000 people have read this article, some of them during the Olympics.

5 – A mechanic badly beaten in Saint-Carné

At the end of April, Jean-Michel Petitpasmechanic and dealer of quads and carts near Dinan claimed to have been beaten up by a customer who refused to pay his bill.

A customer unhappy with the repair of his quad had come accompanied by a friend to collect it from the dealership while refusing to pay for the repairs carried out.

After a brief exchange between the mechanic and the customer, the latter rushed to the dealershipe and sends him a right in the face which takes him to the ground where he will receive a rain of blows.

Employees arrive and are also beaten but the customer and his friend end up leaving and grab the quad.

But they won't go far, Jean-Michel Petitpas closed the dealership gate and barricaded himself with his employees while calling the police.

The boss had ten days of ITT (Temporary Total Incapacity) and one of his employees, the mechanic of the carts without a license, had eight days of sick leave.

The customer was recently judged by the Dinan court and received an 8-month suspended prison sentence and a ban on appearing at the dealership for three years.

This article has been read nearly 88,000 times on the Petit Bleu website.

4 – Rant from an oyster farmer in Saint-Jacut

This September 1 article on the reaction of an oyster employee in Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer angry at fishermen on foot searching the eelgrass was read by more than 90,000 people.

Including, undoubtedly, people responsible for their protectionbecause it did not take long for the maritime prefecture to react.

During each high tide, in Saint-Jacut in particular, dozens of people search the herbariayet prohibited from fishing.

Problem: the bans on surveying these herbaria, important areas of biodiversityare barely visible and some fishermen violate them without knowing it.

The Interregional Directorate of the North Atlantic Sea West Channel took matters in hand and, on September 13, announced, in a press release that we relayed, information and control operations in these famous eelgrass beds.

3 – His home sold, this tenant found himself on the street at 70 years old

Here is a story that made react from many readers on our social networks.

Read by more than 102,000 people, the testimony of Jean-Claude Luceau, in Dinan, was very moving. Many people then took up the problem of Jean-Claude trying to find a solution.

Aged 70, this Dinan resident occupied his accommodation for 24 years. A tenant, he arrived in good shape, at 46 years old, in his attic apartment.

However, the building he occupied was sold by the heirs of its deceased owner. And while the law requires tenants over 65 to find similar accommodation, it does not take into account their aging or the pathologies that often accompany it.

Impossible for Jean-Claude to return to the attic without an elevator and the housing shortage in Dinan made the septuagenarian, retired quarryman fear the worst.

Fortunately, the story had a happy epilogue: a neighbor of Jean-Claudeowner of a two-room apartment on the ground floor, offered to rent his accommodation, which he has happily occupied since August.

2 – Hélène and her happy sobriety are gone

At PlumaugatHélène Gesret was the “heroine” of a documentary in 2023, “La Belle Hélène” filmed by her neighbor, Florence Dottin.

At the Petit Bleu, Hélène and her old-fashioned way of living had even made the front page of the newspaper and that was just the beginning.

Many media then became interested in this woman who lived alone and had chosen this “rustic” life, without this being imposed on him by an economic imperative in particular.

But La Belle Hélène is no more. She and her happy sobriety went to another universe, in June.

Hélène Gesret died at age 94 and left many people a little alone, those who shared this joy of living without embellishmentnourishing itself on the joys of everyday life much more than on possessions or appearance.

More than 117,000 people read our article on the death of Hélène Gesret, which shows the interest readers had for his unusual lifestyle today.

1 – The opening of a very naughty lodge in Quiou

The news seems to have attracted many readers. and panicked the counters : Guillaume, a resident of the Dinan region, renovated a small house in Quiou to turn it into a naughty gîte.

Le Petit Bleu visited it and spoke with its designer.

The first customers seemed delighted, leaving very positive reviewsin the guestbook.

And they will undoubtedly come from much further than the agglomeration of Dinan since it is four times its population, almost 447,000 peoplewho read our article. So the 2024 record is surprising, right?

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