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Jacky Baroche, founder of the Free Commune of Saint-Brice in Chartres, has died at the age of 83

He was 83 years old. Jacky Baroche, honorary president of the Free Commune of Saint-Brice, in Chartres, died at 6 am in the Louis-Pasteur hospital in Coudray on Tuesday 13 December.

Jacky Baroche tells the story of the free commune of Saint-Brice, in Chartres: the creation

A former butcher-restaurant in the Saint-Brice district, he was elected mayor of the free commune of Saint-Brice on November 7, 1980. He is the founder of this association which has organized numerous festive events over the past forty years.

From the Beauceron festival to the dog festival, passing through the horse festival, marked by the participation of the Republican Guard, up to the harvest festival in the last fifteen years.

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The gold medal of the city

On September 27, 2022, Jacky Baroche, since 2021 honorary president of the Free Commune of the village of Saint-Brice, received the gold medal of the city from the hands of Jean-Pierre Gorges, mayor of Chartres.

Jean-Pierre Gorges, mayor of Chartres, presents the gold medal of the city to Jacky Baroche, president of the free commune of the village of Saint-Brice

Emmanuel Brown

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