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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