- alanr
Towns that require mask wearing outdoors
Updated: Aug 3, 2020

Following the introduction of the wearing of masks in all indoor public places (shops, banks, restaurants, theatres, etc) in France, several towns have gone further by demanding that masks are worn in some of their outdoor locations including open air markets & in some or all of the towns streets. The majority of towns that are insisting on this measure are in the coastal areas of Brittany where there has been a recent increase in cases of Covid19.
The towns that require masks to be worn in all outdoor locations are:
Mont Saint Michel in Normandy
Locronan & Morgat in Brittany
Grau du Roi in Languedoc Roussillon
Mandelieu la Napoule in PACA
Laval, Chateau Gontier, Mayenne, Renaze, Craon, l'Ernee & Evron - all in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
The towns that require masks to be worn in some of their town centre streets are:
Quiberon, La Gacilly & St Malo in Brittany, Cabourg in Normandy
La Rochelle, St Martin, St Pierre & Ste Marie in Poitou-Charente
Argeles sur Mer in Languedoc Roussillon
Nice in PACA
Tours, Bourges & Orleans in Centre
Troyes in Burgundy
Biarritz & Bayonne in Aquitaine
Lille in Nord
The towns that require masks to be worn in their markets (indoor & outdoor) are:
Le Touquet in Nord Pas de Calais
Canet en Roussillon in Languedoc Roussillon
Blanquefort & Dax in Aquitaine
Cergy & Ermont in Ile de France
Cannes in PACA
Rochefort in Poitou-Charente
70 of the coastal towns/ villages of Finistere & Cotes d'Armor in Brittany including Dinan
11 Communes in Haute-Savoie
7 Communes in Nord Pas de Calais