Signes (; oc, Sinha) is a commune in the

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department in the

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in southeastern

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. Industrialist

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was mayor of Signes from 1972 to 1980. Jean-Mathieu Michel became mayor in 1983, and served until he was run over in August 2019 after confronting a driver whom he accused of illegally dumping rubble.

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