2023-10-18 04:50:06
Do you find that your postman is not going fast enough to deliver the mail to your home? Consider yourself lucky: for these inhabitants who live on the water, the postman goes by boat and can only count on his knowledge so as not to lose your letters…
In this corner of France, it is the only place in the country where the postman’s tour is done by boat ! The postman must manage with his boat to distribute mail to residents of around fifteen municipalitiesdistributed between two departments.
And this factor is the only one that can do it because there are many pitfalls…
Delivering mail by boat: when La Poste adapts
The Audomarois marsheslocated in Hauts-de-France, is the last marsh still inhabited today in France. Covering no less than fifteen municipalities between the Nord and Pas-de-Calais, it has around fifty inhabitants per yearand around a hundred in the middle of the summer season.
On this UNESCO World Heritage site, the challenge is immense for La Poste. In fact, there is no no street names or numbers on mailboxes and as the place is classified and the banks reinforced, You have to avoid swirls and the maximum speed for moving is 6km/h!
For this job, several criteria are required
Recently interviewed by Neo, Arnaud is the postman in charge of mail delivery in the zone. He explained that for this work, it is necessary fulfill several criteria starting with an already known practice of boating; especially escute, a wooden boat typical of the marsh. But a training of “several days” is also provided in advance. We imagine that the latter sometimes takes vacations and necessarily has a replacement if necessary…
The postman, well aware of doing an atypical job even if he believes that his task on the water is ultimately not so different from on the road, explained that he distributes mail only using residents’ last names and this therefore implies an increased knowledge of places and people!
For La Poste, very proud to carry out this public service in very original conditions, “the job of postman in a boat shows the importance of the postal service in isolated areas. Although technology has made communications easier than ever, there remain places where mail delivery is essential to maintaining strong human connections.”
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