They are eclectic, quirky, rudimentary or more stylish, white, sky blue, planted on stilts or placed on the sand.
Under the 2006 beach decree, in Blériot-Plage, in the commune of Sangatte (Pas-de-Calais), 213 chalets are threatened with destruction.
“A spontaneous heritage that has been built since the 19th century on the initiative of holidaymakers, mostly from the north of France,”
explains the association Les Chalets Castor, whose petition to save them brings together more of 6,700 signatories.
A request has just been sent to the administrative court of Lille, brought by several owners, joined by the association Urgences Patrimoine.
“We will mobilize to the end,
insists their lawyer, Me Théodore Catry,
to save this tourist microcosm, emblematic of the culture, history and landscape identity of the North. ”
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