Energy prices: why around thirty swimming pools have closed in France

A real cold shower. Tens of thousands of inhabitants have been deprived of a swimming pool since Monday in Limoges, Granville or Versailles, as in around thirty cities in France in total… Vert marine, the company which operates by delegation of public service 90 establishments, such as the Aquapolis, the largest aquatic center in the agglomeration of Limoges, announced in a press release on Sunday evening September 4, its closure due to rising energy costs. Increases “which no longer allow us today to manage the equipment in an economically balanced and socially sustainable way”, it is written.