In Étretat, the mayor increases his tone in the face of reckless tourists and takes new measures

While three walkers had to be rescued again this Thursday, May 1, 2025 at Man hole -Yet forbidden to visitors-in Étretat (Seine-Maritime), André Baillard, the mayor of the seaside resort, made a decree on April 28 Last regulation of other places of the promenade on the coast of the commune of Etretat between the limits of the municipalities of Tilleul and Bénouville.

The Demoiselle Chamber and the Cauldron Reduction prohibited from access

Thus, “Access to locals The Bover of Demoiselles and the descent to the cauldron as well as the tunnels crossing the tips of the cliffs are strictly prohibited physically ”.

Moreover, “Access to beaches In the width, all over the municipal coast, except the area to the right of the promenade dike ”are also prohibited.

Finally, “the pedestrian path is strictly prohibited on the high sets of the upstream and downstream cliffs by taking a safety distance of at least five meters for the two sites from the break in slope”.

A fine in the event of non-compliance

And this, to guarantee the safety of tourists which are more than a million each year to visit Étretat and admire its famous cliffs.

In the event of non-compliance with these prohibitions, offenders are exposed to a finesecond -classor 35 euros . In addition, the departmental fire and rescue service (SDIS 76) maybill“Depending on the pricing applicable to non -urgent interventions”.

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