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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
Heavily-jewelled church crown stolen
A crown with 1,791 jewels has been stolen in a million- euro raid on Lyon’s Musée de Fourvière, beside the basilica where it was a key to the city’s religious history.
The 19th century Couronne de la Vierge was made by the city’s goldsmiths using jewels offered by women whose men returned from war.
