Jules Cappeliez was a banker and land owner in Houlgate

Houlgate

Houlgate is a small tourist resort in northwestern France along the English Channel with a beach and a casino. It is a commune in the Drochon Valley, in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region.-Pre-19th century:...

, France

France

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. He was elected mayor of Houlgate in 1953 and remained in service for twenty-four years.

He led several projects in the town, council housing

HLM

HLM , French for "housing at moderated rents" or "rent-controlled housing", is a form of subsidised housing in France. There are approximately four million such residences, housing an estimated 12 million people — nearly one-fifth of the population of France...

, renovation of the Promenade Roland Garros, the creation of an intercommunal harbour union, construction of a new school canteen on Boulevard Saint-Philbert, the enlargement of the girls' school, construction of a new boys' school in 1962 followed by the enlargement of the école maternelle

Kindergarten

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which opened in 1978.