The Facebook group was created in November 2009 by Cécile Berne, 43-year-old communications trainer, born in Saint-Etienne and… Marlhienne by adoption. She says: “It was at the time of the start of Facebook groups. With my three sisters, we launched a bet: “course to create a group on Marlhes?” It will be created that very evening. The idea is to “give visibility to our village, to put it in the spotlight, by relying on the good side of social networks”. It is then essentially a question of relaying the events …
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