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Targeted by the European Union, French cities have become aware of the urgency of acting to reduce air pollution.
Par Audrey Emery et Valerie Peiffer
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C’is a surprising result. Montpellier is the French metropolis where you can breathe the best… The Occitan city, although bottled daily, tops our ranking of the top 100 cities least polluted with PM 2.5 – these chemical particles with a diameter of less than 2 .5 microns. When Point announces the news to him, his mayor Michaël Delafosse (PS) pretends not to be surprised: “As early as 1984, Georges Frêche [maire de Montpellier de 1977 à 2004, NDLR] had the courage to pedestrianize the Place de la Comédie. Hélène Mandroux, who succeeded him, continued this policy. Today we have the largest pedestrian city center in France and Europe. The other element that explains our place in this ranking is that we made the choice…
