the owners of the Blériot-Plage chalets forced to give up their cabins

It’s one of the last times he’s been to this beach, inside his shed, drill in hand. On the beach of Blériot (Pas-de-Calais), Quentin Léman, owner of a chalet, must destroy everything. “It’s 15 years of memories, in fact. Whether it’s with my partner, the children, the grandchildren. And well, here we go, we lose all that”, he laments. The coastal law forced him to leave the premises and dismantle his shed. Thirty other occupants, still on the beach, are concerned.

The shed of her neighbours, Catherine Véron and her husband, passed it down from generation to generation. “I even wanted to cry, but I’m not going to cry”, she says, very moved. These wooden structures were built in the 1950s by poor families in the region. Without water or electricity, they were used for holidays. Considered too dilapidated and not removable when winter arrives, they will be replaced by smaller huts, which will only be erected in summer. The current occupants have lost all their legal remedies. Their fight, which lasted six years, will end in a few days with the dismantling.