The word ‘poilu’ was coined from the caricature image of the bear-like, bearded and moustached French soldier, much used in propaganda at the time.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
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Edouard Philippe is allowing individual départements to make a decision on whether to keep the 80km/h speed limit introduced in 2018 or return to 90km/h
Mayday TV Service is back! Just like before but better!
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
by Charlotte Lomax Coustouges is the epitome of the kind of sleepy, southern village that lies at the heart of every Francophile’s perception of rural France; the land of men walking home from the village…
In August, France approved changes to succession, allowing your children to contest a will, even if you opted for UK law to apply to your estate.
A decree dated 23rd October 2019 defined the electric scooter as a “motorised land vehicles”, which means the driver must be covered by civil liability in (Article L211-1 of the Insurance Code).
Energy providers can switch off the automatic boiler heating function from 12pm to 2pm during the winter months, but you can override the cut manually!