It often starts quite unspectacularly. A handwritten note on the door. "Fermeture définitive." Permanently closed. No big ceremony, no TV crew, no headlines. Just an empty salesroom behind fogged glass — and suddenly something is missing in the village that seemed natural for decades. The village bakery. Those who have never lived in a French village may not understand what is actually lost there. A boulangerie does not just sell…
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