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French public swimming pools forced to close due to soaring electricity costs

French children enjoy swim lessons in a public pool (illustration) © Farid Achache /RFI

The company Vert-Marine, which runs a network of 80 public swimming pools across France says it has chosen to close 30 of them until further notice as they are not economically viable.The company cited rising electricity costs as the reason behind the closures.

In a statement, the company of 2,000 employees based in Normandy, explained that the price of the megawatt/hour has multiplied by 10 since January.

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