In a small town from southwest France, the mayor is threatening the locals with severe punishments if they die, because the cemetery is overcrowded already and there is no place where they can be buried. Yes, you read it right, people are not allowed to die.

The actual quote of the mayor of Sarpounrex, Gerard Lalanne, is:

All persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish. Offenders will be severely punished.

Apparently, there are 260 people living in this village, and the request to extend the cemetery was denied by the town council that the village belongs to. Hence, the message from the 70 year old mayor.

Tags:FullCemetery,SmallTown,SouthFrance,TownCouncil