1. Who decides?
Making the wearing of a mask compulsory falls under the prefectural decree. It is therefore up to the prefectures that a decision is taken ” taking into account the health indicators of each territory “, Recalls the North Prefecture and” in consultation with each community in order to define and adapt the areas concerned by the obligation to wear a mask “. The request can also come from the local authorities themselves who approach the prefects.
2. In perimeters…
Listing exhaustively the municipalities where the wearing of a mask is made compulsory is a challenge, even less the areas concerned specific to each municipality. We can however recall that in the European metropolis of Lille, the MEL, i.e. 95 municipalities and more than a million inhabitants, the same rule applies to all: a prefectural decree made it compulsory outside, for over 11 years, in places ” high attendance »: Pedestrian zones, traffic zones limited to 20 km / hour, busy streets, open-air markets, near stations, natural metropolitan areas, etc., in other words, in general city centers and public parks. However, the perimeter varies in each municipality: the MEL is also villages where there are no crowds and where, suddenly, the hidden areas are extremely small or almost non-existent. In detail, it is here. And when in doubt, we open our eyes to the signage.
In the urban community of Dunkirk (CUD), the same principle applies, but the perimeter has just been extended since Monday, to the beach and the dike.
More broadly, in the North, a decree extends to all municipalities the obligation for residents to be masked on the same principles (pedestrian areas, at 20 km / h, in urban green spaces, in central areas -bourg and busy shopping centers …). In Pas-de-Calais, the decree does not apply to the entire department but to several large towns until March 8.
3 … But also sometimes everywhere in town
The majority of the municipalities in the region have defined limited perimeters with the prefectures. Others don’t. In Béthune, wearing a mask, initially compulsory on the main square, became so everywhere in the town until March 8. This is also the case in Calais, Saint-Omer or even Cateau-Cambrésis. Discussions were underway on Tuesday in Arras which requested the same extension to the entire city.
4. And where we do not ask the question
When it comes to the area around schools and on public transport, we hide everywhere in the region.
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