Nina Droff, edited by Laura Laplaud 1:50 p.m., July 25, 2022, amended at 1:51 p.m., July 25, 2022

In Issy-les-Moulineaux, the municipality has decided to close the Alfred Sevestre swimming pool during the summer period to save 70,000 euros in electricity.

A decision that is far from delighting the inhabitants who learn it, very often, when they arrive in front of the closed doors of the establishment.

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Take a dip?

With the high temperatures of recent days, many Parisians and Ile-de-France residents are heading to the municipal swimming pools.

But if you live in Issy-les-Moulineaux, it may be complicated.

The municipality has taken the decision to close its Alfred Sevestre swimming pool during the summer period.

A summer that therefore telescopes with an unprecedented energy crisis. 

Save 70,000 euros

The Alfred Sevestre swimming pool consumes too much electricity and by closing it next month, the town hall intends to save 70,000 euros.

A decision that does not please the inhabitants at all since, very often, they learn it when they arrive in front of the closed doors of the establishment.

“Summer closure” until September 4, can we read, written in red at the entrance.

Gisèle, a resident of the neighborhood, is furious.

"I think it's unacceptable, that in the hot months, a swimming pool that is closed is not normal," she exclaims.

"We're going to have it all winter and now that people really need it, there's nothing," she continues.

An unconvincing explanation

The objective of the town hall is therefore to save electricity.

But this explanation is not enough for Yves, who comes once a week to swim a few lengths.

"There are still a lot of people who don't really go on vacation and who would have liked to take advantage of the pool when it's 30 or 40 degrees outside," he says.

"I don't quite understand the mayor's reasoning. If we reduce the hours, we can do things. But I think that there, it's a bit brutal, it was not planned and that's regrettable “, launches Yves.

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A decision that is all the more difficult to accept since there aren't many other places to cool off in the neighborhood, as Marc explains.

"There is another one which is open, you can go there by transport or by car but it is not next door", he explains at the microphone of Europe 1.

Marc would have preferred that the town hall lower the temperature of the water instead of closing the establishment completely.