Cider and king cakes for the day after the party that feels like the third half in Frontignan

The galette des rois, a gourmet ritual of New Year's ceremonies. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

Two festive highlights mark the start of the year with the big solidarity swim on Sunday, January 5, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plage des Mouettes. And then the visit of the three wise men. Meet at the Nikola-Karabatic gym car park. Departure at 2:30 p.m., on the Pioch-Michel fitness trail.

After the log and the foie gras, it's time for cider, beans and king cakes. Delicacies that will undoubtedly be invited to New Year's ceremonies and other formal events in January. There will of course be the municipal council on Thursday, January 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Voltaire room in Frontignan.

Budget vote

The session will be devoted to voting on the initial budget in a national context that the head of the Frontignan executive had judged “a little more complicated, a little more uncertain”, which is to say that the motion read at the municipal council on Thursday, December 5, 2024 is still relevant.

Inclusion of high school students

The year 2025 is also a year of hope for twenty 18-year-olds from the private agricultural vocational school Maurice-Clavel. The city of Frontignan participated in a call for projects of general interest entitled Action for inclusion of the Discover EU initiative. This European mobility program will allow two groups of ten young people to travel by train to Italy in February 2025 and the second team in October of the same year. The high school students are accompanied by staff from their school. The city of Frontignan has allocated a grant of €6,000 to the Maurice-Clavel Lepap.

Young people with disabilities

The programme is fully funded by the Erasmus Youth and Sport grant of €38,953.50. The young beneficiaries of this scheme are disabled and face barriers to mobility for economic or geographical reasons. The Discover EU initiative offers them the opportunity to travel around Europe to discover the continent, its cultures and its opportunities.

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Grand bain solidaire

In Frontignan, the after-party nevertheless retains the air of the third half. Two festive highlights mark the beginning of the year with Sunday, January 5, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Plage des Mouettes, the unmissable meeting place for the people of Frontignan with Mare Nostrum or Notre Mère la Méditerranée. Courageous cold-water divers will sacrifice themselves to the icy and freezing big splash of winter. The bravest will receive the traditional diploma. A true thermal feat, this great solidarity swim is organized by the Secours populaire français and the town hall of Frontignan. The bravest will receive the traditional diploma.

Gaspard, Melchior and Balthazar

Another attraction of the same day, the show visit organized by the club 40 in partnership with the Temps jadis and the Dromasud farm, around the arrival of the Three Wise Men. Gaspard, Melchior and Balthazar. The Grailhes de Thau will provide musical entertainment under the direction of Jean Alingrin in the pure Languedoc and Occitan tradition. The participants will be in costume. Meet at the Nikola-Karabatic sports hall car park, Departure at 2:30 p.m., on the Pioch-Michel fitness trail

Wishes of the majority and the opposition

There will of course be the wishes of the mayor of Frontignan Michel Arrouy on Saturday January 11, 2025 at 11 a.m. in the Henri-Ferrari gym, avenue du Maréchal-Juin. The elected official surrounded by the municipal council will not fail to unfold his roadmap for 2025 “in its current wording”. He will undoubtedly reiterate his opposition to the draft finance bill for the year beginning. A version which according to the first magistrate of Frontignan “criminalizes the finances of local authorities”.

Gilles Ardinat, opposition municipal councilor and head of IDL (Identity and Freedom), Marion Maréchal's party in Frontignan, is organizing a galette des rois on Saturday January 4, 2025 at 4 p.m. On the program, presentation of wishes and the IDL party. Registration and information: gilles.ardinat@hotmail.fr

The day after the celebration begins with the postponement due to a public holiday of the monthly siren test that was planned for Wednesday, January 1, 2025. The sound alarm will indeed be operational on January 8. Other information: the tourist office in the heart of the town of Frontignan will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.