A water bus, the “Jules Vernes 2”, is soon to ensure the shuttle on the Erdre in Nantes. Built in Vendée on behalf of Semitan, it has a propulsion operating only with hydrogen. A first in France. Semitan (Transportation Authority of Nantes common) are already thinking for years: the question of a boat powered by hydrogen and […]
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Groundwater and the river Loire lack water. The Prefecture has issued notice to limit and even prohibit withdrawals. Loire-Atlantique, Vendée and Maine-et-Loire is in a state of “crisis.” What is the current situation ? Loire-Atlantique, Vendée and Maine-et-Loire is in “crisis,” according to the site Propluvia, the Ministry of ecology and solidarity Transition. This is the highest […]
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The grave had been vandalized in 2007 … A new act of degradation that comes on the eve of the 66th anniversary of the death of Maréchal Pétain. The tomb of Philippe Pétain was vandalized on the Ile d’Yeu (Vendée) on the night of Friday to Saturday, do we learned from the gendarmerie. The Île d’Yeu gendarmerie and the firefighters were […]
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LEISURE: The Puy du Fou theme park in Vendée wins the Oscar for best creation for the show “Le Dernier Panache” … The awards continue to accrue to the Puy du Fou. After receiving two awards for “Best World Park” in 2012 and 2014, in Los Angeles and Orlando (USA), after receiving the award for “the best […]
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Major storm on Monday morning, 6th March has caused incidents on the electrical network of Pays de la Loire, mainly in the Loire-Atlantique and Vendée. The strong gusts of wind and precipitation the morning of Monday 6th March disrupted the electricity grid in the Pays de la Loire, mainly because of falling branches or trees. […]
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33 departments of the northwest to the Paris basin are now placed in orange alert for Sunday afternoon, issued by Meteo France. Vigilance has however been lifted for four departments: Calvados, Manche, Orne and Sarthe. Météo-France has placed an orange alert on an additional nine departments Sunday afternoon, bringing to 33 the total number of […]
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The Vendée is on orange weather alert for the risk of storm waves with submersion. High tide was at 5.39am this morning, an hour later, the prefecture has not a single intervention of firefighters due to the weather. Strong wind and significant tidal coefficient led to fear a rise in sea level this Tuesday, February 28th […]
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WEATHER WARNING: Meteo France have placed seven departments on Orange alert for high waves and flooding in Brittany, Loire Atlantique and Vendée. This Monday a new disturbance arrived in the night on the tip of Brittany which will cover the North and West, before turning to the South East by the end of the day, according to […]
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At halftime of the France-Scotland rugby match, Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France comes to formalize things: Grand start of the Tour de France 2018 will be in the Vendée. “The Tour de France 2018 will start on June 30th, on the Atlantic coast of Vendée and Loire” , announced on France 2, […]
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At 6.30pm, Enedis (Ex-ERDF) announced that it had restored electricity to all households of Loire Atlantique and the entire region of the Loire Valley. Since the passage of the storm Kurt and Leiv, many homes were without electricity in Loire Atlantique. Saturday February 4 at 2pm, there were still 900 private households in the current […]
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