French town breaks world record with gathering of over 3,000 Smurfs
A small French town has broken the world record for the largest gathering of people dressed up as Smurfs.
Landerneau, a town in Western France with a population of 16,000, has succeeded at the third try in its attempt to take the unique record from Lauchringen in Germany - which had brought together 2,762 Smurfs in 2019.
The French town set a new benchmark last weekend as 3,076 people assembled clad in blue outfits topped with white hats and the singing of "smurfy songs".
Landerneau's mayor Patrick Leclerc dressed up in Smurf attire and claimed that the event "brings people together and gives them something else to think about than the times we're living in".
Pascal Soun, the head of the association behind the gathering, said that it "allows people to have fun and enter an imaginary world for a few hours".
The Smurfs were grateful to have good weather this time around after last year's record attempt was scuppered by heavy rain that put many off attending.
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