Between 3,000 and 4,000 party-goers are currently gathered for a rave party in Clavières, in Cantal, the police are on site

Access control points to the site are notably set up and supervised by the gendarmerie in order to prevent the arrival of new groups of festival-goers.

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An officer of the national gendarmerie.  Illustrative image.  (MICHEL CLEMENTZ / MAXPPP)

Between 3,000 and 4,000 people are currently gathered for a rave party in Clavières, at a place called Les Clauzels, in the Cantal department, France Bleu Pays d’Auvergne and the department’s prefect reported on Saturday, July 27, on his X account. The police are on site.

This gathering “festive with amplified musical character” East “unauthorized”, specifies the prefect, who has decided to implement several measures in the area. Access control points to the site are notably set up and supervised by the gendarmerie in order to prevent the arrival of new groups of festival-goers. An advanced medical post must also be deployed in the afternoon. The prefect of the department has also activated the departmental operational center to “monitor the development of the situation”.

In anticipation of this rave party, the Cantal prefecture had temporarily banned all “festive gatherings with amplified musical character, called ‘teknival’, ‘free-party’ or ‘rave-party'”and the circulation of vehicles “transporting sound equipment to this type of gathering” from Friday July 26 at 6 p.m. until Sunday July 28 inclusive, throughout the Cantal department.


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