Valerie Montchalin found out who her friends were when she transitioned to being a transgender woman in her village high in ...

A new bill that would change an old licencing law has faced opposition from the left over concerns about alcohol consumption.

Bruno Dumont’s action-fantasy satire is all the greater for its loving, quasi-documentary attention to ordinary life.

Reach for the pastis, Jacques. A law is making its way through the French parliament to relax alcohol licensing, to make it ...

Best pals said they had been living a "happy" and "comfortable" life in the rural countryside north of Toulouse. One said: "They both loved the countryside, and were very happily settled.

Lawmakers in France have overwhelmingly backed a bill making it easier to open bars in villages - a move aimed at reviving ...

The Grosby Group George and Amal Clooney spotted in Saint-Tropez looking as in love as ever Clooney, who grew up in Kentucky, has embraced the quieter, rural life he once tried to avoid.

Many rural communities now lack any form of local business, with cafés once serving as hubs for social interaction and community life. In 1960, France had around 200,000 cafés; by 2015 ...