Screaming, fighting and sleepless nights. For some residents of Compiègne and Beauvais (Oise), the recent temporary closure of two night establishments was experienced as a relief. “On weekends, there are continuous howls. We can’t sleep,” says Sylvie, 55, who lives near Havana’s Club, a nightclub in downtown Compiègne. His memory of New Year’s Eve remains vivid: “A man started throwing glasses in the street. Honestly, after a while, enough is enough. »
Faced with these repeated disturbances, the Oise prefecture decided, on March 31, 2026, to administratively close Havana’s Club for 21 days. In question, a succession of incidents recorded between November 2024 and January 2026: fights between alcoholic customers, aggressive behavior on public roads, arrests for rowdiness or driving under the influence of alcohol, as well as violence that occurred around the establishment neighboring City Hall.
A few meters away, Alain, a shopkeeper, says he has also been confronted with these disorders in front of the nightclub with Latin accents. “At the end of March, a woman was slapped in front of me. A friend and I had to intervene to help him. We have other things to do than manage these kinds of situations,” says the sixty-year-old. Scenes far from isolated, according to him: “It poisons our daily lives”.
“It had become unbearable”
These stories from exasperated residents are echoed in Beauvais, where the Le Purple bar, well known in the city center, was also forced to temporarily lower the curtain on April 1, 2026. Here again, the department prefecture points to repeated noise pollution and brawls requiring the intervention of the police within the Irish pub.
In the building next to the bar, Yasmine describes nights that have become difficult to bear. “From Thursday to Sunday, there is shouting under the windows. I have a 6 year old who is a light sleeper, it had become unbearable. I’m not against bars, but you have to find a balance,” explains this 39-year-old beautician.
Conversely, some residents put things into perspective. “Sometimes it gets tense at the end of the evening, but I have never felt unsafe,” says Éléonore, a student who regularly goes out in the city center. “The closure seems a little disproportionate to me. We do a lot of it, while there are other establishments where it also degenerates. »
Assault on a customer
On the side of the Alliance Police nationale union in Oise, which relies on the liabilities of the two establishments, we describe “fairly classic situations in the city center”, marked above all by repeated complaints from the neighborhood linked to alcoholic and noisy customers, without any particular triggering event in recent months.
“There is a desire to calm things down, to ease tensions,” confides a police source to Le Parisien, referring to an increasingly delicate cohabitation between residents and night establishments in city centers.
In Compiègne, the municipality assures that it has not received “formal complaints” from residents concerning Havana’s Club. While recognizing “an attack on a customer outside” as well as occasional interventions by the municipal police for fights.
A sign that vigilance is spreading, another night establishment was recently warned by Mayor Philippe Marini (LR), warning that he would request an administrative closure in the event of further excesses.
Contacted, Havana’s Club and Le Purple did not respond to requests from Le Parisien.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
