In December 1960, Le Progres, a regional newspaper published in southeastern France, carried a story about the ceremonial inauguration of a “new village” in the region of Oran in northwestern Algeria. Previously referred to as “El Ouennane number 3”, the settlement was now named the “village de l’Ain”, after the rural departement of metropolitan France, located between Lyon and the Swiss border, that had substantially financed its construction by public subscription. According to the report, twenty-two million old francs – or 220,000 new francs, since the currency reform of January 1960—had been raised by contributors to pay for new two-and three-room houses in which five hundred Algerians were to be resettled. In officially opening the village, Jean SaintCyr, the President of the Conseil-general of the donor departement and head of the twinning committee responsible for the newly-affirmed links between the foothills of the Jura and the western Algerian plains country, addressed Jean Morin, the Republic’s Delegue general (the new title for the head of the colonial government in Algeria) on behalf of his metropolitan constituents: “We follow every day with intense interest the unfolding of the events that have marked the course of the Algerian drama. We know that history provides few examples of missions as difficult as that entrusted to General De Gaulle. We should be very happy if, tomorrow, it should prove that the departement of the Ain has been able to bring its own small contribution to the generous and humane 2 work to which, monsieur le Delegue general, you have so fortunately devoted yourself, in the service of France and Algeria.” Replying, Morin declared that the day’s event marked “a victory of solidarity and fraternity for those who live on either side of the Mediterranean. […] Here, in this part of Algeria, we have thought for man and with him; in building this village, you have desired to show how firmly, in the metropole, we believe in the indissolubility of the ties that join us with Algeria.”

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不可能的共和国：阿尔及利亚的重新征服和法国的非殖民化，1945-1962

1960年12月，法国东南部地区性报纸《进步报》报道了阿尔及利亚西北部奥兰地区“新村”落成典礼的故事。该定居点以前被称为“El Ouennane 3 号”，现在被命名为“village de l'Ain”，以位于里昂和瑞士边境之间的法国大都会农村部门的名字命名，该部门通过公众认购为其建设提供了大量资金. 据报道，自 1960 年 1 月货币改革以来，捐助者筹集了 2200 万旧法郎——或 220,000 新法郎——用于支付新的两房和三房房屋，其中将安置 500 名阿尔及利亚人. 在正式开放村庄时，Jean SaintCyr，捐助部总议会主席兼负责汝拉山麓与阿尔及利亚西部平原国家之间新确认的联系的结对委员会负责人，向共和国总代表让·莫兰（Jean Morin阿尔及利亚殖民政府首脑）代表他的大都会选民说：“我们每天都怀着浓厚的兴趣关注着标志着阿尔及利亚戏剧进程的事件的发展。我们知道，历史上很少有像委托给戴高乐将军的任务一样困难的例子。如果明天能证明艾因部能够为慷慨而人道的 2 工作做出自己的微薄贡献，我们应该感到非常高兴，勒德勒格将军先生，您如此幸运地献身于这项工作，为法国和阿尔及利亚服务。” 莫林回答说，当天的活动标志着“对生活在地中海两岸的人们来说，这是团结和博爱的胜利。[...] 在这里，在阿尔及利亚的这一地区，我们为人着想，并与他一起；在建设这个村庄的过程中，您希望表明我们在大都市中是多么坚定地相信我们与阿尔及利亚的纽带是不可分割的。”