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France braces for gales of 130 km/h as polar winds arrive
Winds will be particularly strong in the south
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Key points to take away from the local elections in France
France is splitting in a similar way to the United States and the UK
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Find out who has been elected as mayor in your French commune
Majority of rural candidates ran without official party support
Hermione ready for trip to the Med
Replica of 18th century ship will travel around France and Italy
Flag flying high, the replica 18th century frigate Hermione enters La Rochelle on the first stage of a voyage round the French and Iberian coasts and into the Mediterranean.
From there she heads to Tangiers to arrive on March 9 and leaves four days later for Barcelona.
On March 27 she is at Sète, then April 5 at Toulon, April 10 La Ciotat and April 12 Marseille.
