At daybreak, residents finally got their way: the complaints against the furnaces were justified.
For months, the neighborhood hadn’t slept—and, for once, neither had the dead.
City inspectors ordered the temporary closure of the Les Tilleuls Crematorium after detecting persistent vibrations in the neighboring burial vaults. Technicians point to a soundproofing fault; families, for their part, call it a needlessly noisy final send-off.
“We asked for silence, not a farewell tour with special effects,” sighs Marcel Vigne, the cemetery caretaker for twenty-six years. He notes that the complaints began the day the crematorium installed a new ventilation system—described by regulars as “a vacuum cleaner that had read its own obituary.”
Management promises swift repairs and says ceremonies will be moved to a nearby facility. The bereaved will therefore have to make a detour, while the deceased, for their part, remain at the usual address.
Pending reopening, the cemetery has posted a sign at the entrance: “Please respect the quiet.” A simple instruction, now applied even in the establishment’s offices.
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