{"id":121987,"date":"2023-12-08T17:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121987"},"modified":"2023-12-08T17:58:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:58:57","slug":"europes-largest-naturist-camp-plots-to-oust-french-mayor-in-furious-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/europes-largest-naturist-camp-plots-to-oust-french-mayor-in-furious-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Europes largest naturist camp plots to oust French mayor in furious row"},"content":{"rendered":"

GMB: Guest discusses ‘convenience’ of his naturist campsite<\/h3>\n

The picturesque village of Grayan-et-l\u2019H\u00f4pital, near Bordeaux, earns more than half a million euros a year from leasing land to Europe\u2019s biggest naturist holiday camp.<\/p>\n

Euronat uses 335 hectares of council-owned land to create a popular nudist utopia by the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

However, the naturists are now in the middle of a political row in the French village, amid claims of an “electoral conspiracy” and plots. The row, which recently came to a head, has been a long-running saga in the village.<\/p>\n

The local village mayor Florence Legrand claims her predecessors added clauses to the original 1975 lease that are unduly favourable to Euronat.<\/p>\n

She said that past mayors gave the naturists too many perks, such as allowing the centre to pay a reduced rent.<\/p>\n

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The mayor claims the naturist camp has received government perks and should be paying the village nearly double the amount they currently do.<\/p>\n

Ms Legrand says Euronat should be coughing up at least \u20ac917,310 euros (\u00a3786,625) a year.<\/p>\n

This is on top of a \u20ac9 million (\u00a37.7m) lump sum Ms Legrand wants the naturists to cover as an outstanding payment.<\/p>\n

In a scathing criticism of the 9,000 nudists who populate the camp, Ms Legrand has complained that they “do nothing to promote the village,” which has a population of 1,543 and continues to shrink.<\/p>\n

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She said that Grayan-et-l\u2019H\u00f4pital is \u201cthe only seaside resort in the world that has not benefited from the development of tourism”.<\/p>\n

This month, a political storm erupted when the village council voted to end Euronat\u2019s lease.<\/p>\n

Jean-Michel Lorefice, the director of Euronat, has hit back at Ms Legrand’s claims and warned that they will retaliate.<\/p>\n

With council elections in the village taking place in January, the naturist camp has set up a political campaign group while 300 holiday-goers have joined the local electoral roll.<\/p>\n