In the land of the baguette, local bakeries are vanishing

Two years ago, the 650 residents of La Chapelle-en-Juger lost their bakery, where they could meet one another, chitchat and gossip while waiting in line for their daily baguette or their weekend éclairs. For the community, the closing of the bakery was “un drame,” as one newspaper put it, or a tragedy, one that is being repeated in countless French villages.