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Most people are happy with their French mayor, new poll shows

It comes as mayors themselves say their job is getting tougher

Rural France: Success for mobile vans offering crucial services

Fleets of mobile fruit and veg sellers, dog groomers and doctors are becoming increasingly common in France, as entrepreneurs flock to remote and rural areas

Rural French property prices to rise post-lockdown?

Ever keen to spot a bargain, buyers were keeping a close eye on the property market during confinement. Many are expecting a post-lockdown dip in prices and are prepared to wait to get a better deal.

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Rural France still ‘suffers from bad public transport’

Rural areas in France are still suffering from poor public transport links, MPs have said this week as a report on the subject appears to confirm their complaints.

'Give French countryside sounds protected status'

Mayor calls on MPs to make sounds of the French countryside to be listed as part of the country's 'national heritage'

Life in slow lane catches on... a town at a time

Sleepy villages abound in France, as anyone who has travelled off the motorways in summer will tell you.

We must protect endangered rural mayors

Small-town maires have launched a charm offensive to highlight their work and fight back against what they see as efforts to force them out of office permanently.

Rural France to ring bells for historic WWI Armistice

Rural mairies across France are being invited to ring all the bells in their village at 11h today (Sunday November 11) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 First World War Armistice.

Rural councils angry at funding cut

Rural councils across the country have reacted angrily after the government cut their funding by €300million just days after President Macron promised he would not touch funds allocated to them.

Rural councils

Most people are happy with their French mayor, new poll shows

Rural France: Success for mobile vans offering crucial services

Rural French property prices to rise post-lockdown?

Rural France still ‘suffers from bad public transport’

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