6 Fake Pokestop to delete

Good morning. :heart_hands:

While going to visit my parents I discovered a new area of ​​Pokéstop, perhaps old because I didn’t know it, but I could see that they were lying about the description and the location.
They are located in Villefontaine in France and are described as hiking markers, when they are just numbered beacons that forest rangers use to monitor the growth of certain trees and decide when to cut them down.

There is:
• “Balise de randonnée 5 - Forêt de Villefontaine” - 45.593788,5.173379

• “Borne de sentier 13 - Forêt de Villefontaine” - 45.592448,5.173815

• “Borne de sentier 15 - Forêt des Quincias” - 45.591928,5.173628

• “Balise 16 sentier de randonnée - Forêt des Quincias” - 45.591871,5.174759

In addition they are oddly located very close to the houses while the nearest forest road is about 80 meters further away.

There are also two Pokéstops which use photos from other places in France.
For example, for the Pokéstop “Le hêtre, forêt de Villefontaine”.

Located at coordinates 45.592774,5.173594 it actually uses the photo of a hike located in the town of Saint-Gobain approximately 460km further north visible here.
The first photo is identical to that of the Pokéstop.

Here is a photo to show you the distance between Villefontaine and Saint-Gobain.

For the other which is called “Panneau caché” and located at these coordinates 45.592918,5.173346,

I did not find a match for the image, however it is marked on the panel in the photo that here the ONF takes care of the forest, except that as indicated on this map the ONF (National Forest Office if you are wondering) does not manage the forest of our city contrary to what this panel suggests, so for me it too is false.

Please remove these fake Pokéstops and take the necessary measures against the person(s) who did this.
Thanks.

And have a good day ! :heart_exclamation:

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