Nina Droff (in Plouégat-Guérand) 12:17 pm, March 20, 2023

In Brittany, several municipalities are concerned by the law of differentiation which requires the harmonization of names and street names. But several villages, including that of Plouégat-Guérant in Finistère, refuse to harmonize names and street names.

In Plouégat-Guérand, in Finistère, there is only one talk: the 3DS law which requires small municipalities to give names to all streets, and especially in good French. No more places called in Breton name. Except that the village said "no" and finally retains its heritage.

"These are the memories of the families"

On the roads of the village, the signs indicating localities pass by and almost all are in Breton. Unique names threatened by the law of differentiation which requires small municipalities to harmonize names and street names.

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"The head of the Post Office tells us: 'you must qualify the localities in alleys, roads, lanes in French'. The name of a place says, it's something we're all attached to. They have historical significance. It's the memories of the families, people lived, generation after generation, in the same place," explains Renaud de Clermont-Tonnerre, the mayor of Plouégat-Guérand.

It is therefore out of the question for the mayor to distort this heritage. However, he intends to number them and sometimes specify the names, but always in Breton. "We made a subdivision at the place called Kermaria, there are four roads that lead to it. So we're going to qualify them," he added. Other mayors have decided to follow his example to safeguard their localities.