The Olympic flame of the Paris 2024 Olympics will make a stopover in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
The decision was taken during the departmental council on Thursday, reports France Bleu Roussillon.
To be able to welcome the flame and finance the event, the department will pay 150,000 euros.
🏅Les Pyrénées-0rientales, Department-stage for the Olympic Games 2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣! #directsessioncdpo #JO2024 #departement #pyreneesorientales pic.twitter.com/jKQXNJTBFx
– Department of Pyrénées-Orientales (@leDepartement66) December 15, 2022
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Nearly 70 departments in the running
The Olympic flame will begin a tour of France before its final installation in Paris for the Summer Games, which will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
As our colleagues remind us, nearly 70 French departments have, for the moment, applied to host the flame on their territories.
Its final route will be known at the end of 2023.
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