Hugo Biolley, 24 years previous, youngest mayor in France, candidate for re-election | EUROtoday

On this January night, individuals flock to the doorways of the village corridor of the city corridor of Vinzieux (Ardèche), a city of 556 inhabitants. Planted on the foothills of the Pilat massif, the constructing, constructed with stones from the encompassing space, presents an immense panorama of the Rhône valley. Behind, we will see the Vercors plateau, the Chartreuse massif and, typically, Mont Blanc. There are greater than 100 Vinzaires responding to the promise of mulled wine, pizzas to share and above all a second of conviviality with their native star, the youngest mayor in France: Hugo Biolley.

He might solely be 24 years previous, however he has already spent six on the head of the municipal workforce. After the previous mayor of the village threw within the towel in 2020, he was the one one to run for his succession. The highschool pupil, whose ambition amused the city, grew to become a neighborhood elected official. He discovered to alternately turn into workforce chief, mission supervisor, diplomat… so many hats that rural mayors are known as upon to put on.

That night, he introduced the final needs of his first mandate and sought a second one throughout the election of March 15 and 22. It is due to this fact time to take inventory. Was it actually cheap to entrust the keys to the village city corridor to an 18-year-old teenager? In the midst of the Covid-19 disaster, when the final injunction was that of confinement and withdrawal, Mr. Biolley had set a transparent course: “Create activity, life”. “Otherwise, we will become a dormitory village”he warned.

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