Why this French department wants to change name and what it could become Two new names are on the shortlist
Major French Christmas market to open this winter despite blaze Opening date has been pushed back one week
How a French beach of misery became a camping hot-spot Argeles-sur-Mer transformed a from refugee camp to Europe’s most popular area for campers
news One of France’s oldest and ‘plus beaux’ hilltop villages evacuated due to wildfire Roads were closed off as 800 firefighters fought to control the blaze in southern France. Around 400 hectares of forest have been destroyed