The Odysseum shopping center in Montpellier -

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Sunday, in response to health measures concerning establishments of more than 20,000 m2 open to the public, the prefecture had requested the closure of five shopping centers in the Hérault: Odysseum and Polygone in Montpellier, Auchan and Polygone in Béziers and Carrefour in Lattes.

Monday, Auchan, in Pérols, was added to this list.

And this Wednesday, two, outdoors, were finally able to reopen their doors.

First, the Polygone, in Béziers.

The administrative court, seized Sunday by the direction of the shopping center, suspended the decision of the prefecture: "All the clearings are in the open air, the said center cannot be regarded as being dependent, for its access and its evacuation, of closed mails ", Condition, according to the state, for the center to be closed," said the judge in his order issued Tuesday.

"The sanitary protocol must be extremely strict"

On Facebook, the Polygone, in Béziers, which is delighted with this decision, announces that it is reopening its doors, "in compliance with health rules", as of Wednesday.

Odysseum, in Montpellier, also outdoors, will reopen this Wednesday morning.

There was no court decision for this shopping center.

The prefecture simply reversed this decision.

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, the State services however encourage customers to respect barrier gestures, and if possible, not to go there in groups.

“The health protocol must be extremely strict within this structure, like everywhere else, because of a large number of the population who go there.

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In the four closed shopping centers in the Hérault, only food stores and pharmacies can remain open.

The other stores can make deliveries, but do not have the right to make withdrawals of orders.

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