The mayor of Perpignan, Louis Aliot (RN), will try to enter the Department of Pyrénées-Orientales and continue its establishment in this department in the south of France. In 2020, he was elected with 53.09% of the votes cast at the head of this city of 119,344 inhabitants, the largest municipality in France held by a mayor from the party of Jordan Bardella (against which he ran unsuccessfully , for the election to the presidency of the party).Louis Aliot is running...
More than 110 hectares of vegetation burned on Monday in the Pyrénées-Orientales, requiring the mobilization of 400 firefighters, according to SDIS 66. The fire broke out shortly before 3 a.m. near Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes and did not threaten no inhabited area. Driven by the Tramontana, a northwest wind, the flames were heading towards a mountainous area, according to firefighters.Five planes and a helicopter water bombers were then dispatched to the scene. "The fire is still not under control. We hope that the...
Météo-France has placed five departments on orange alert against the heat wave, while a new heat wave should settle in the south of France at the start of the week. Ardèche, Drôme, Vaucluse and Gard are concerned in the South-East, as well as Pyrénées-Orientales. “The intensity and duration” of this new heatwave episode “will be less than those of the previous episode”, specifies however Météo-France.The ten other departments in the south-eastern quarter of France have been placed on yellow alert....
A fire broke out in Sansa this Saturday afternoon, July 23. While 180 firefighters had been engaged on the Serdinya fire since 2:30 p.m. this Saturday July 23, a new outbreak of fire broke out in the town of Sansa at 5:25 p.m. Departmental No. 4. Read also : Pyrénées-Orientales: 65 hectares destroyed by a fire in Serdinya, 180 firefighters engaged, alternating traffic on the RN116 At 5:50 p.m., the flames would be concentrated at the level of the bocs...
This Friday, July 15, many temperature records were broken in Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales. Several cities broke their temperature record this Friday, July 15. To Torreilles in the Pyrénées-Orientales, it had never been so hot. With 39.6 ° C recorded at the hottest of the day, this Friday was quite simply the hottest day in the town since 1983, when temperatures began to be recorded there. \ud83c\udf21\ufe0f Many #records monthly were beaten this #Fridayand even 2 absolute records\u27a1\ufe0f We also noted:...
Two fires were still active this Wednesday evening in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Their evolution was favorable even if the weather conditions of the night called for the greatest vigilance. After almost 48 hours of fierce fighting against the fires ravaging part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, the firefighters hoped to overcome the last two outbreaks, that of Opoul and Millas. Opoul fire - 1100 hectares burned This Wednesday evening, the balance sheet was unchanged from that of the end of the...
1100 hectares of vegetation were ravaged by the fire which broke out late Tuesday morning in Opoul-Périllos. More than 200 firefighters are still engaged on the front this Wednesday, June 29. At the height of the intervention, more than 320 firefighters fought the flames north of Perpignan in recent hours. Significant air resources have also been deployed to slow down an uncontrollable fire that started in the town of Opoul-Périllos, late Tuesday morning, and which has destroyed more than 1,100...
1100 hectares of vegetation were ravaged by the fire which broke out late Tuesday morning in Opoul-Périllos. More than 200 firefighters are still engaged on the front this Wednesday, June 29. At the height of the intervention, more than 320 firefighters fought the flames north of Perpignan in recent hours. Significant air resources have also been deployed to slow down an uncontrollable fire that started in the town of Opoul-Périllos, late Tuesday morning, and which has destroyed more than 1,100...
Published on 03/08/2022 at 4:05 PM update at 4:18 p.m. For the first time, the price of a liter of diesel exceeded that of unleaded 95 at the pump last week in France.Under the effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the cost of a barrel of oil exploded driving fuel prices.While many stations already display petrol or diesel at more than €2/l, L'Indépendant offers you a map that lets you know where to find them cheaper. Discover below a...
Here is what to remember from the figures relating to the Covid-19 epidemic communicated this Monday, February 28 by Public Health France. In L'Aude151 patients covid are hospitalized (-6 in the last 24 hours) including 9 in emergency services critical care (-2). Five deaths due to Covid have been observed in the department since this Sunday, bringing to 535 the number of deaths due to the epidemic. A particularly deadly day for Aude since no death had been recorded since...