Overview
- Christophe Mottin will reopen Le Fournil de la Presqu'île on 11 December, five months after being ordered to shut.
- The prefecture closed the shop in July after inspectors deemed the premises too dilapidated and non‑compliant.
- Residents raised about €10,000, including roughly €3,000 in cash and checks and €7,000 via a Leetchi campaign, to finance upgrades.
- On weekends a dozen to fifteen volunteers replaced the roof and chimney, repainted, and installed new fittings to bring the site up to standard, preserving the only bakery serving roughly 1,000–1,500 residents.
- Suppliers cut costs, with Lintz providing a €60,000 oven for about €31,000, and the baker estimates the collective effort saved him more than €30,000.