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Vendée Prefecture Shuts Discotheque, Restaurant and Pool at La Tranche-sur-Mer Campsite After Inspection

Further inspections are planned in the coming weeks under ongoing administrative review.

Overview

  • An unannounced August 13 multi-agency operation involving firefighters, gendarmes, ARS, DDPP, the town hall and municipal police found serious breaches affecting safety, hygiene and public health.
  • The discotheque had an unfavorable ERP safety opinion and a mayoral closure order, yet inspectors reported it was still operating in defiance of that order.
  • ARS recorded pool-water values far from regulatory sanitary thresholds, while DDPP cited major hygiene failures in the restaurant and crêperie.
  • A fight involving roughly fifty people broke out on site the day before the inspection, and police used tear gas to restore order, according to the mayor.
  • The prefecture ordered urgent closures of the three facilities, several families departed after partial refunds, management offered no comment, and guests were given tickets to the municipal pool as compensation.