I have a summer home in Provence though I am a UK resident. My daughter, also UK resident, would like to get married in the same town. Is that possible? M.F.

An official in the marriage office at the mairie of Nice said that in their case they allow people with holiday homes to marry in the commune and also their children, but not more distant relatives or friends.

However she said that this was a "favour" granted by the mayor and some other communes only allow full-time residents to marry.

In other words the final decision rests with your mairie. The law officially says that to marry in France one of the partners should have been a resident in the relevant commune for at least a month.