City names that are too long block new identity cards

• The new identity card was rolled out across the country last August.

• A flaw has been revealed regarding the names of municipalities that are too long.

• Several villages are affected by requests for cards on hold.

Small card, big problem. The entry into force on all the French territory, at the beginning of August, of the new identity card, made it possible to reveal a kind of bug. Its credit card format was simply not compatible with the names of municipalities that were too long. Our colleagues from

have revealed the mishap that has occurred to several residents of Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly, in the Somme. And, according to our information, other municipalities are concerned.

This bug was brought to the attention of the town hall of Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly during the month of July.

One of its inhabitants had applied for a new identity card in May with another town hall, that of his town was not equipped to register requests.

Except that he never saw anything happen.

His elected representative, Raynald Boulenger (DVG), confirmed to AFP that the problem came from the number of characters in the name of the town, 38 in total.

"While waiting for the problem to be resolved, provisional cards have been issued with the shortest '' Saint-Quentin-la-Motte ''", explains one to

.

The bug is resolved for some municipalities

Information taken, other municipalities with the same particularity experienced the same problem. This is particularly the case of Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, in the Marne. In this village of 526 inhabitants, 9 citizens made requests which were all put on hold by the manufacturer of the identity card, IN Groupe, ex-Imprimerie Nationale. "We received in town hall this morning the first identity card with the full name of the town", welcomes an employee of the city, contacted by

.

The bug therefore seems to have been corrected but the good news has not yet reached the ears of the town hall of Raynald Boulenger.

“For us, card applications go through the EU town hall.

They will know how to say if it's good, ”says an employee of the city of Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly.

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