The bequest was made by a nonagenarian, who died last October, in a small town in the North.
Generous donations from residents to their municipalities are increasingly widespread. The latest? That of a nonagenarian resident, who died last October, in Colleret, in Hauts-de-France, a small village of about 1600 inhabitants, tells The voice of the North . There are “cash, investments, land, houses, some of which are in neighboring municipalities», Lists the mayor of the commune Claude Menisse.
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The bequest has been estimated at several hundred thousand euros, and could even reach a million. “We don’t know the exact amount. We have to wait in case there are invoices, this person coming from the agricultural world. There are also rents that should arrive at the end of the year, which can change everything», Explains the elected official.
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Caution is all the more necessary on the side of the town hall that the deceased had “indicated counterparts to his donation“. The nonagenarian indeed wished that in exchange for her bequest, “some graves are maintained, that the land is kept for at least 80 years, except for building land“, according to The voice of the North.
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