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In Dordogne, a hotelier paints his roof with lime to fight the heat without air conditioning
‘We have reduced the temperature inside the buildings by 4C to 5C’
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Mosquito control operations across France: how this may impact your commune
More than a thousand operations were carried out in southern France last year
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A13 between Paris and Normandy to close for nine months from November
The closure will affect traffic towards Normandy as safety work is carried out on the Saint-Cloud tunnel
Another French city bans wild animal circuses
Lille is to join hundreds of other towns and cities and ban circuses with wild animals.
The city will support alternative existing models of circuses following a proposition from Europe Ecologie Les Verts.
A total of 343 cities in France have already adopted a similar position on circuses, including Strasbourg and Montpellier.