Drought: anger rises in the 222 municipalities of Île-de-France deprived of the state of natural disaster

2023-09-22T04:55:32.712Z

Highlights: The majority of municipalities that had submitted an application for the year 2022 were. affected by the drought. Under the effect of extreme aridity and rain, clay soils such as sponges shrink or swell, causing cracks. Hundreds of households saw this again last year. The type of land on which a property is built one day could become a decisive criterion in a real estate purchase. It is perhaps the reflection of owners in the Paris region victims of the historic drought of 2022. The decree was published in the Official Journal on 14 September.

In the decree published in the Official Journal on 14 September, the majority of municipalities that had submitted an application for the year 2022 were