Montpellier Forces Night Grocery Stores to Close on Weekends for Public Tranquility and Hygiene

The Town Hall of Montpellier forces night grocery stores to close from Thursday evening to Monday morning for reasons of public tranquility and hygiene. A similar decision was taken last year.

The decision is radical. Montpellier grocery stores must lower the curtain from Thursday evening until Monday morning. This decision taken by the municipality concerns all establishments “offering the take-out sale of drinks, in particular alcoholic drinks”.

For public tranquility and hygiene

Montpellier’s night grocery stores must close from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., from Thursday to Sunday inclusive, from June 1 to September 30 2023. Seven sectors of the city are concerned, particularly in the Écusson.

“This decision by the Mayor of Montpellier, taken within the framework of his police powers, stems from a desire to safeguard public tranquility and the hygiene of the streets of Montpellier », specifies the municipality.

An identical decision was taken last year by the municipality of Montpellier. Seven traders had seized the administrative court to cancel it. But their approach did not have the expected result.

Here is where night grocery stores will be closed on weekends in Montpellier

Sector 1: Grand Center Ecusson – Fine Arts – Salengro – Gare-Arceaux – Las Sorbes
Rue du Pont de Lattes – Avenue Henri Frenay – Passage de l’Horloge – Allee Jules Milhau – Avenue Frederic Mistral – Allee de la Citadelle – Place du Onze Novembre – Avenue de Nimes – Rue Yehudi Menuhin – Rue de Substantion – Rue de la Cavalerie – Rue Proudhon – Rue du 81ème Regiment d’Infanterie – Rue Saint Vincent de Paul – Rue du Faubourg Boutonnet – Rue Moquin – Tandon – Avenue Chancel – Rue de la Croix de Catelan – Rue Auguste Broussonet – Avenue du Père Soulas – Rue de Las Sorbes – Avenue de Lodeve – Place Leroy Beaulieu – Rue Guillaume Pellicier – Place Roger Salengro – Rue du Faubourg Figuerolles to Rue Francis de Malherbes – Rue du Claret – Place du 8 mai 1945 – Avenue Georges Clemenceau – Place Saint Denis – Rue du Grand St Jean – Place de Strasbourg – Boulevard de Strasbourg – Place Camot.

Sector 2: Antigone – Don Bosco – Juvenal
Rue Bastion Ventadour – Place Paul Bec – Boulevard d’Antigone ‘ Boulevard of the International Airport – Crossroads of the International Airport – Avenue du Piraeus – Place Jean Bene – Rue du Comte de Melgueil – Boulevard de Strasbourg – Rue de Barcelone – Rue Lafitte – Quai Lafitte – Avenue of the States of Languedoc – Place d’Olympie.

Sector 3: Richter – Jacques Coeur
Place de la Révolution Française – Allée du Capitaine Dreyfus – Allée de la Méditerranée – Rue Théroigne de Méricourt – Avenue Raymond Dugrand – Rue des Etats Generaux.

Sector 4: Celleneuve-Eurydice
Rue du Pilory – Avenue des Moulins – Avenue de Lodève – Avenue des Garrats – Avenue de la Liberté – Avenue de Monsieur Teste – Rue Eurydice – Rue Orphée – Rue des Grèzes – Avenue de la Liberté – Route de Lodève.

Sector 5: Near Arènes
Avenue de Palavas part between Avenue Albert Dubout and Avenue du Docteur Fourcade.

Sector 6: “Avenue de Toulouse”
Part between Place du 8 mai 1945 and Place Flandres – Dunkerque.

Sector 7: Costa Brava Street
Complete Costa Brava Street