Those who don’t live in France might be surprised to know that although it is a Catholic country, Good Friday is not a holiday here. Children go to school as usual, shops are open and everyone goes to work. The only holiday is Easter Monday. As a result, there was no problem holding the first meeting of the new council that was elected last week, yesterday. We were impressed how many villagers came to watch the proceedings. The first thing on the agenda was to elect the Maire. The 15 councilors each took it in turn to get up and write a name on a piece of paper. When everyone had chosen, the votes were counted. Jean Claude Pistre was elected as Maire! This procedure continued to select the adjoints or deputies.
Once all the positions had been appointed, the retiring Maire, André Gol, presented his successor with the écharpe or sash of office and the official photograph was taken.
The new Maire thanked everyone for coming and the statutory apéros appeared.
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