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French towns take action to reduce percentage of second homes
A new town is to offer ‘tiny homes’ to rent all year round from just €100 per month. Around 25 other French communes are working on similar projects
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2024 bank holiday dates in France and how they are celebrated
There are technically 13 statutory holidays in 2024 in France - although some are only celebrated in one area. Here are the dates to note
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Property taxes, car sales, pharmacy strike: 5 French practical updates
Our round-up of recent practical articles you may have missed
Google to lay subsea cable to French coast
Google is to lay a submarine transatlantic cable to add capacity on one of the internet’s busiest routes and give high- bandwidth, secure connections between the US and Europe.
Laid from Virginia to the French Atlantic coast, the private service will open in 2020. It is named after Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross.