If INSEE affirms that the populations of “sparsely populated municipalities” – 200 to 3000 inhabitants – have been increasing for thirty years, certain French villages are threatened with desertification due to the disappearance of local shops.
Fortunately, this is no longer the case for La Boissière-sur-Èvre, in Maine-et-Loire, whose 430 inhabitants have welcomed the resumption of their only business with relief.
After the retirement of Thérèse, who had managed it for more than thirty years, Lydie and Gildas took over the controls of the aptly named
L'Eden
: "We sell bread, stamps, we have a bar, restaurant , bed and breakfast and then many other services, details the owner.
It was important because villages die when their businesses are not resumed.
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“We like what we organize”
"It's the village café that serves as a link," confirms a customer.
And this link is obvious when you see the inhabitants meet at
L'Eden
, who to drink a coffee there, who to buy their baguette and their daily newspaper...
“We like what we organize, people respond well, they come, rejoices Lydie.
We take out a small salary, but that's not the main thing for us: we are first of all happy with our work”.
Visit this business like no other in this video from our partner Brut.
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