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After decades of wrangling, French lawmakers finally voted just before Christmas to slash the number of regions in metropolitan France from 22 to 13. The map below shows where two, or sometimes ...
Although we cannot imagine going to France without spending a couple of days in Paris — the City of Light — there is much more to France if you’re a wine enthusiast.
Visiting the Christmas capital of France, Strasbourg is great any time of the year. Here we explore the cathedral, the petite France neighborhood and so much more around Strasbourg. #nocommentary ...
Four people were killed in an “extremely violent” blaze seemingly caused by a battery-powered electric scooter that tore through a 10-story housing block in Reims, the capital of France’s ...
A guide to Dijon, Burgundy's wine-soaked medieval capital. Burgundy’s wine-soaked medieval capital has long been a cradle of invention, art and gastronomy.
To the Consultative Assembly France’s suave Finance Minister René Pleven offered a proposal as deceptively harmless as a Teller mine: a capital tax to be levied on all fortunes exceeding ...
The euro is the currency used in France, having replaced the French Franc in 2002. It is no longer possible to exchange foreign currency notes in banks in France. However, you can withdraw money from ...
A new map out on Tuesday shows the neighbourhoods where France's poorest residents live. While being included on might be a dubious distinction, it could also mean millions or even billions of ...
Travelers seeking a culinary adventure in France should make a stop in Lyon --as this city is, and has been for almost a century, the capital of French gastronomy (not Paris as you might think).
PARIS (Reuters) -France will contribute to a 4 billion-euro ... Capital hike brings Air France under government's wing. By Laurence Frost. April 6, 2021 11:36 AM UTC Updated April 6, 2021 ...
Nicknamed the ‘Capital of the Alps’, Grenoble, in the Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes region of France, makes for a wonderful weekend break. The often-overlooked city, population 450,000, has a spirited ...
But visitors to France's capital may care to know that it has the highest amount of radioactive matter, while the central city of Lyon has the worst industrial pollution. Issued on: 04/05/2016 ...