the mayor of Rezé, near Nantes, found dead

The circumstances of this tragedy have not been detailed for the moment. Mayor of Rezea town of 42,000 inhabitants of the metropolis of Nantes, died by hanging, we learned Friday, February 11 from the Nantes prosecutor’s office, confirming information from the local media.

Hervé Neau, 58, was elected mayor of Rezé in July 2020, after leading the “Rezé citizen” list, we can read on the town hall website. “I confirm this death by hanging“, told Agence France-Presse the Nantes prosecutor’s office.

“Terrible and shocking news. Hervé Neau was a committed and exemplary mayor. I am thinking of his loved ones, and also of the entire municipal team and the agents of Rezé”, wrote on twitter the deputy of Maine-et-Loire Matthieu Orphelin. “All my thoughts go to his family, the elected officials and the inhabitants. of the city of Rezé”, published on the same social network the LREM deputy for Loire-Atlantique Valérie Oppelt.

The judicial police have been seized of the investigation, we learned from a police source.