Nantes
“We want to put people back in their rightful place, to support families with dignity by being consistent. We are not there only to sell coffins in merchants
,
”
summarizes bluntly Brigitte Brodin, 62, originally a pharmacy assistant.
Five years ago, she co-founded the Nantes Funeral Cooperative, which now supports 150 families per year and brings together 500 members.
The first created in France, which now has six cooperatives of this type, with Rennes, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Angers and Tulle, plus four under construction.
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The holding of funerals was liberalized in 1993 after having been solely a municipal competence.
About 600,000 ceremonies are held in France each year.
"
For All Saints' Day
, we are more asked for information and anticipations, because it is a period when we think back more easily to death, to his death",
notes Sophie Dronet, mistress of ceremonies and co-founder of the cooperative Nantes.
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