It is a strange gift that the small town of Caudry has just received, in the North.
As France Bleu tells us, this town of 15,000 souls has indeed inherited, from one of its former inhabitants, an apartment located in Monaco and whose value is estimated at 7.5 million euros. .. or a quarter of the city's annual budget.
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Stylist by trade, Louis Sandras, that's the name of this inhabitant, was married to a great mid-century seamstress, Héléna Beauvilain.
Died in 1985, the man bequeathed this luxury apartment on the Rock to the city of Caudry, but left the usufruct to his second wife, who died this year.
It is therefore with some astonishment that Frédéric Bricout, the mayor of Caudry, has discovered the value of the property in recent days.
President of the football club
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" It is really a beautiful gift, very beautiful gift,
said the mayor to France Bleu.
I said to myself: 'go 700,000-800,000 euros', but I was wrong with a zero! "
During his lifetime, the Northerner settled in Paris then Monaco - where he was close to the princely family - had already made a nice gift to the city, since he had offered a new stadium to the Caudry football club, a club he had moved up to the professional level as president.
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According to the wishes of the former designer, this beautiful gift should be used by the city of Caudry to build the future nursing home, or even organize an annual football tournament with the 4 best football clubs in the Hainaut district.
In tribute to Louis Sandras, Mayor Frédéric Bricout announced to
France Bleu that he
wanted to erect a statue or install a medallion in his effigy.