The guillotine continued to be used long after the French Revolution and was the only official and legal form of execution in France until capital punishment was banned in 1981.
Departments with a notable fall in sales were Charente Maritime (-22%), Gironde (-23%) and Pyrénées-Orientales (-23%).
The British Ambassador to France, Menna Rawlings, shares her festive thoughts on French-British relations in the December Embassy newsletter, Voisins Voices.
Since Monday 2nd December, foreign tourists must provide operators of hotels, campsites and car rental services with information such as their identity, gender, home address, telephone number and means of payment, including expiry date of the card.
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Drop in for a drink, a bit of tapas, a chat, a giggle, a gossip……or just pop by and say hello! We’d love to see you.
Take a walk in Argelès in the footsteps of the Retirada on the ’circuit de la Mémoire’. to mark the 85th anniversary of the opening of the camp on the beach.
More about two of the artists celebrated in the current exhibition at the Musée in Collioure which runs until May next year.
A simple reference point for keeping track of who’s striking when and how you may be affected.
Tucked into a tranquil corner to the south of Canet en Roussillon sits Mas Baux, an authentic Catalan winery with an ancient link to the land.