More than 34,000 people took part in the Caen student carnival on Thursday 7 April. After this festive parenthesis, the cleaning of the city continued the next day. The Calvados prefecture also communicated the number of revelers taken in charge or arrested.

5 a.m. Bottles, confetti, clothes… A lot of rubbish still litters the ground in the streets of Caen. The 34,000 carnival participants left traces of their passage.

If the streets of Caen quickly regained their usual appearance thanks to the mobilization of municipal teams, at the Parc des Expositions, it was not until the end of the DJ Ofenbach concert, Thursday April 7 around 11 p.m., to start cleaning.

The next morning, operations continue. “Us, when we arrive at 5 a.m., it’s the construction site“, smiles a cleaner, come to take over from his colleagues.

In total, 10 tons of waste were collected, 3 tons less than the previous edition, in 2019.

For the 700 rescue personnel mobilized, the night was also busy. This Friday, April 8, the prefecture of Calvados communicated the exact results of the operations.

249 people were taken care of by the emergency services, mainly victims of excessive alcoholism and, for some, minor injuries linked to falls. 35 of these victims were degraded to health establishments in Caen.

Prefecture of Calvados

Press release

Throughout the night following the Student Carnival, the National Gendarmerie had set up roadside checks which, according to the Calvados prefecture, “resulted in 28 offenses and misdemeanors (for possession of narcotics, driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics) resulting in the withdrawal of 15 driving licenses“.

9 people were also arrested by the police.