It is a land of adoption little known to the Portuguese diaspora. On the island of Groix (Morbihan), off the coast of Lorient, more than 200 Groisillons, out of a total population of 2,200 inhabitants, are from Portugal, making the “pebble” their heartland. Symbol of this community landed 60 years ago, eucalyptus trees, planted by the first Portuguese on the island, have grown between the pines.In a small bar, Alice Da Silva juggles fluently between French and Portuguese. Originally from...
Soaring energy prices are hurting all businesses, especially small businesses. The crisis is also claiming its first victims. In Groix in Morbihan, one of the only two bakeries on the island, is thus forced to lower the curtain, reports France Blue Breizh Izel. Opened in 2017, La Petite Boulangerie will close its doors on December 31 and its three employees will be made redundant. The managers of the business justify this brutal decision by multiplying by five their electricity bill...
A record which he would have done well. In Groix, the owner of the only gas station on the island located off Morbihan has seen the price of a liter of unleaded and diesel break records in recent days. Carried away by rising global demand and a supply that is struggling to meet it, the fuel market has continued to soar in recent weeks. This observation, all motorists have done when they went to the pump, seeing the price of...
Living on an island, the Groisillons and Groisillonnes are used to being cut off from the world. It was even truer this weekend with blackouts that affected the electricity and telephone network of the island located in Morbihan. This follows the violent thunderstorms that hit Groix during the night from Saturday to Sunday. Lightning fell in particular in the village of Méné, damaging a transformer. All day Sunday, many inhabitants of the island were deprived of power. After the intervention...
