The town hall of Paris is selling off two estates in Ariège and Puy-de-Dôme

The castle of Nescus (Ariège), dating back to the 1.500th century, its 2 m3,5 and its 118.000 hectares of trees will be sold to individuals, who intend to open guest rooms there, for the modest sum of XNUMX euros.

A holiday village located in Aydat (Puy-de-Dôme), its 48 chalets and collective buildings (more than 4.000 m2), its indoor swimming pool, its tennis court, its sports ground and its wood, will be sold for 100.000 euros to an individual who wants to host accommodation, events and sports activities there.

The price of this second property has been revised downwards "taking into account the cost of asbestos removal work to be borne by the purchaser", estimated at 300.000 euros, specifies the town planning department in its deliberation.

The two sets, acquired in the early 1970s by the city to set up holiday centers there, were returned in 2007 by an association for stays for the families of city officials and Paris hospitals.

The town hall has since sought to sell them, the two properties having become "useless for the Parisian public service", according to the town hall, which recognizes a significant degradation of these areas for fifteen years.

"We are selling off the city's heritage because no one has ever been interested in these properties," lamented councilor David Alphand (LR), castigating the "budgetary inadequacy" of the left majority which leads to this "sale of family jewels".

"The City sells a lot but it also sells badly," said the right-wing opponent.

"I assume", replied the first deputy (PS) Emmanuel Grégoire, "because our reference to us is not only money: we have made the choice to sell a property a little cheaper. 'local interest'.

The elected communist Camille Naget deplored the sale of these Parisian vacation centers, stressing that "13% of young Parisians never go on vacation". Mr. Grégoire said he favored centers "close to Paris".