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Normandy D-Day beaches gain UNESCO World Heritage status
Cathar castles also added as ‘Royal Fortresses of Languedoc’
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Why one south-west France village is overrun by mosquitoes
'Several thousand larvae per square metre' in lake after flooding
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Photos: Hail, floods and lightning after storms hit France
Violent thunderstorms on July 25 come after weeks of hot weather
Banks’ good and bad results in stress tests
French banks have passed the European Central Bank’s stress tests that assess whether they can cope with financial shocks such as the 2008 crash.
Crédit Mutuel, BPCE and Crédit Agricole got good marks but BNP Paribas, Banque Postale, and Société Générale were below average. Barclays was bottom of 48 banks, just ahead of Lloyds.
