Is this week’s -31.4C amongst France’s coldest ever temperatures? It was recorded in the 'Little Siberia of France'
Paris to have street named after David Bowie (even though UK does not) The iconic name will be formally unveiled next week
Napoleon’s bicorne hat sells for €1.9m at French auction The sale broke the previous world record for one of his iconic hats, ahead of the release of Ridley Scott’s new film about the emperor's life this week Bordeaux 35C, Pau 34C, Tours 32C: how long will the hot spell last? Why are temperatures rising again in France: how warm and how long? Map: What is the highest temperature recorded in your part of France?
France storms respite only brief as bad weather set to roll in Temperatures could hit as high as 30C on Friday before more unsettled weather arrives on Sunday
Tree-mendous! Auction of unique wooden Citroën 2CV breaks world record The final price of €210,000 was the most expensive ever for one of France’s most iconic vehicles
In pictures: Wooden version of iconic Citroën 2CV set to be auctioned The unique car could fetch up to €200,000 and break the world record for the highest sale price of a Citroën 2CV
Man ‘breaks world record’ for fastest marathon… running backwards! Frenchman Guillaume de Lustrac, 29, finished the 42-km race in three hours and 25 minutes, remarkably finishing 19th
Cyclists who made huge GPS dinosaur on France trip break world record The group’s remarkable 1,025km route took them through the central departments of Cher, Saône-et-Loire, Indre, Nièvre, Creuse and Puy-de-Dôme
March records beaten as temperatures hit 30C in south-west France Dax, in the Landes department, registered its highest March temperature, beating a record that had stood since 1990
‘Run of my life’: French skier hits 255.5km/h to break speed record Simon Billy, 31, broke the record on a 98% incline slope at the World Speed Skiing Championships in Vars
Records smashed as lightning strikes rain down on France French storm observatory Keraunos said Monday was the ‘the stormiest day of the previous 15 years’
Record-breaking temperatures expected in France this New Year’s Eve The last day of 2022 could be the warmest December 31 ever, rounding off a very warm year
What links a pizza with 800+ French cheeses and Toulouse rugby club? Answer - they are all new entries in the Guinness World Records Book. Read on to see what else has been added Hot spell breaks seasonal temperature records in south-west France France set for record temperatures next week before storms move in Summer 2022 has been second hottest since records began in France
MAP: Longest beach, most bakeries - A tour of France by its records We go round the country looking at the hottest and coldest towns, the village with the fewest number of people and the city with the most CCTV cameras French swimmer sets new women’s record time for Channel crossing Record cold spell: France fears crop damage, but spring to return British mum sets buggy 10km run world record in France Tintin drawing sells for record €3 million at French auction UK quarantine rules threatened record Channel swim
Forgotten dark truth of Zapata’s cross-Channel flight IN terms of romance and adventure, it is hard to beat a pioneering flight across the Channel.
France’s ‘flying man’ succeeds in Channel crossing French ‘flying man’ Franky Zapata has successfully crossed the Channel today on his jet-powered ‘flyboard’, on his second attempt at the feat.
12-year-old French boy breaks Channel sailing record A 12-year-old boy from Brittany has set a new world record to become the youngest person to cross the English Channel in a small children’s dinghy.
World’s oldest cinema is still alive and flickering Eden Théâtre is an icon of independent cinema in France
French sailor departs on solo world record attempt The international sailor from Charentes, François Gabart, has this weekend set off on a solo circumnavigation of the world, which he hopes will take him under 49 days and 3 hours.
No world record for Brittany village A year after record attempt officials refuse to validate amorous new mark
Club needs 2,023 people to go for world’s largest rugby scrum Record bid will come in the shadow of Millau Viaduct and raise money for cancer
Squash: the gourd, the bad and the ugly... October is the season for pumpkins and squashes – with festivals celebrating these large and colourful vegetables all over France. Jane Hanks finds out more about the huge variety of species which exist