Three mayors of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques died in a week

FRuit of chance. Meanwhile, disastrous crossed destinies, three mayors of municipalities in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques died during the same week. In addition, “South West” first mentioned Thursday July 24, the disappearance, two days earlier, of the mayor of Lespourcy, Éric Nouny. For example, The mayor of the village of North Besa had died after an exhausting fight against the disease. Similarly, His funeral takes place this Tuesday, July 29 at 10:30 a.m., in the village church.

Three days after this bad news. Meanwhile, Friday, July 25, it was the mayor Doazon, a small town in the Lacq basin, died during the evening. Consequently, Patrick Galopin was 68 years old. For example, The craftsman-carpenter by profession, mayor of the village since 2013, has also been fighting against the disease for several years. For example, Son of Pierre Galopin. Additionally, For example, former Doazan councilor from three mayors pyrénées-atlantiques died week 1980 to 1995, “The child of the country”, as his deputy Didier Ayala Baron likes to recall, joined politics in 1998 in the village municipal council.

He had been propelled to the post of mayor in 2013. For example, at the age of 56, following the brutal death of the then mayor, Édouard Cazalet. Patrick Galopin had therefore fully invested in the small town of some 190 souls.

“A blow for the whole town” – Three mayors pyrénées-atlantiques died week

“He was a benevolent, discreet and helpful man,” says Didier Ayala Baron. A man full of empathy but also with strong convictions. The assistant confides that Patrick Galopin had been hospitalized for a surgical problem which should only require a short week of recovery: “These were complications linked to a disease contracted twenty years earlier. and who have largely started his recovery. He will have spent two months in the hospital. A real blow for the family but three mayors pyrénées-atlantiques died week also the whole town. »»

The funeral of Patrick Galopin will take place this Wednesday, July 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the church of Doazon. Municipal responsibility will now return to Didier Ayala Baron. who was already working in concert with Patrick Galopin in order to ensure a viable succession, the latter not wishing to claim a new mandate.

“The mountain: we live there”

And then this Monday morning. it was in Soule, province of the Basque Country, that misfortune has once again struck, taking away the mayor of Larrau, Jean-Dominique Iriart, following a cardiac arrest. Mayor since June 28, 2020, the elected official with a marked temperament, also 68 years old, died suddenly on July 28.

For the departmental advisor of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Jean-Pierre Mirande, “it is an announcement which took everyone in short and which represents a three mayors pyrénées-atlantiques died week very heavy loss for his family and children. It touches me all the more since we met when we were parents of students in the same Ikastola school. »»

Recognized for his outspokenness. his commitment, Jean-Dominique Iriart rarely lost an opportunity to assert his point of view, even if it is not for friends. As in 2021. during a renovation of the Holzarte bridge, when he had taken the beak with elected officials from the department, believing that the municipality was not sufficiently taken into account. Seeing his interlocutors answer him. he had asserted, revenge, “it’s contemptuous to tell us how the mountain is: we live there”.

The date of his funeral was not yet known when printing these lines. The editorial staff of “Sud Ouest” is part of families. relatives and those who have known and appreciated these three men.