Tempers flared strongly on Saturday afternoon, in the town of Forges-de-Lanouée, near Ploërmel (Morbihan).
Around 1 p.m., a hundred people had indeed gathered to demonstrate against the disputed wind farm project in the Lanouée forest.
Everything was proceeding peacefully until a more vocal group of demonstrators headed towards the site under construction.
Fearing damage, the gendarmes intervened to protect the premises, reports
Ouest-France
.
Opponents retaliated by throwing projectiles and setting up barricades.
The police tried to disperse them with tear gas.
A helicopter was called in for help.
Calm only returned around 8 p.m., after dark.
Launched almost ten years ago, the Lanouée forest project aims for the installation, by a Canadian company, of 17 wind turbines in order to boost electricity production in Brittany, a region which suffers from a deficit in matter.
Opponents denounce an attack on biodiversity in this preserved wooded area.
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