We told you about it on Wednesday: the government has just published the list of 126 French municipalities which are on the front line of coastal erosion.

In question: global warming and human pressure, and with them the rise in sea level and the multiplication of storms and marine flooding.

Via the Climate and Resilience law, the mayors of these cities will have to produce maps of the risk of coastal retreat at 30 and 100 years.

A topography that will serve as the basis for new rules for land use planning, going as far as building bans.

This list is intended to be updated at least every nine years.

But are you concerned?

To find out, here are the

municipalities pointed out in mainland France

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Those in

Guadeloupe

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As well as those in

Martinique

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And finally, the municipalities of

French Guiana

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