Police officers, gendarmes, firefighters and young volunteers of the Universal National Service (SNU). Many of them represented the department, this Friday, July 14, on the occasion of the traditional National Day ceremony, followed by the Republican parade.
On the Place des Épars and despite a blazing sun, the official ceremony took place in the presence of the prefect of Eure-et-Loir, Françoise Souliman, as well as many elected officials, including the deputies Guillaume Kasbarian or Luc Lamirault.
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At the end of the ceremony, during which decorations were awarded, before the reading of an extract from Ernest Renan’s famous conference, “What is a nation”, given by two young volunteers from the SNU, the crowd gradually gathered around Boulevard Maurice-Viollette to watch the Republican parade.
The City of Chartres returned to tradition last year by organizing its first parade since the 1980s.
Update on the security system put in place in Eure-et-Loir around July 14
This year, the public also came in large numbers to witness the passage of the gendarmes, firefighters and other police officers, before the procession of intervention vehicles.
Laura Alliche
Photos: Quentin Reix
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