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La Voie Bleue: European Cycle Route of the Year is in France
700km bike path linking Luxembourg and Lyon has been crowned winner of the 2026 title
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Before and after: Garonne river floods in south-west France
Satellite images show extent of flooding from back-to-back storms in February
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Home insurance increases expected in France after floods
Compensation costs for the recent storms and flooding across the west and south-west is estimated to be in the billions of euros
Unemployment falls below 10% mark
France's unemployment rate fell below the symbolic 10% mark in the first quarter of 2017, according to figures published by Insee.
This represents a decrease of 0.4 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.
The number of unemployed fell by 115,000 to 2.7million.
