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Created in Brittany on the Model of African Villages, the Council of the Sages Deliberates in Almost 300 Communes in France

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It was Kofi Yamgnane, then young mayor of Saint-Coulitz, in Finistère, who created the first council of the Sages of France in 1989, based on the model of African villages. Consultative body, key to local participatory democracy, it is composed of senior volunteers bringing their experience to the service of the commune. Since then, the idea has swarmed in several hundred communes.

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Created in Brittany on the Model of African Villages, the Council of the Sages Deliberates in Almost 300 Communes in France

It was Kofi Yamgnane, then young mayor of Saint-Coulitz, in Finistère, who created the first council of the Sages of France in 1989, based on the model of African villages. Consultative body, key to local participatory democracy, it is composed of senior volunteers bringing their experience to the service of the commune. Since then, the idea has swarmed in several hundred communes.

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franceinfo.fr broke the news in on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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