Hippodrome Dozulé: a peaceful departure from the community of travelers

Several elected officials had made the trip this Sunday morning to attend the departure of 300 caravans arrived a week rather on the racecourse of Dozulé.

Pictures of Patrick Mertz

The installation of a thousand people from the Traveler community on this private site had angered members of the community of communes Normandy-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge who thought they had been confronted with the accomplished fact by the prefect. Which had returned to their faces the non-respect of their obligations in matters of reception. In summary, the local elected officials had seen their petition against the requisition order rejected.

A week later, it is in peace that this story ends. After the departure of the 300 caravans, the local elected officials found that the site had only few traces of this large-scale installation. " There is a report of bailiff who is made with all the points that were raised ", explains Pierre Mouraret, the mayor of Dives-sur-Mer and vice-president of the community of communes Normandy -Babourg-Pays d'Auge, " These were small points, but it's normal when there is such a large influx of population, 1200. Overall, we can say that the departure was made in good conditions, much better than the arrival ".