https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France is divided into 101 administrative regions called "départements" - and here are 31 facts that tell you everything you need to know. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160830/everything-you-need-to-know-about-frances-dpartements Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:53:23 +0200 everything-you-need-to-know-about-frances-dpartements You'll never have to use the acronym PACA again after the name of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region was changed by officials. But what's motivated the move? https://www.thelocal.fr/20171219/why-france-is-bidding-adieu-to-provence-alpes-cote-dazur Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:17:32 +0100 why-france-is-bidding-adieu-to-provence-alpes-cote-dazur The controversial plan by the mayor of Paris to alter the historic boundaries of the city’s districts, named arrondissements, moved a step closer this week. But some are resisting the change. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161222/why-not-everyone-is-happy-about-paris-getting-a-new-map Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:26:39 +0100 why-not-everyone-is-happy-about-paris-getting-a-new-map France has finally had its new administrative map officially recognized, after it was published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160929/its-official-france-finally-gets-its-new-map Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:12:34 +0200 its-official-france-finally-gets-its-new-map France has finally settled on a new map after the name of the final new super region was decided on. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160628/new-map-of-france-finalized-as-regions-settle-on-names Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:07:34 +0200 new-map-of-france-finalized-as-regions-settle-on-names You can't call our new region Nouvelle Aquitaine, argue thousands of French people worried they'll be misrepresented. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160615/southwestern-france-revolts-over-new-regions-name Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:56:29 +0200 southwestern-france-revolts-over-new-regions-name This handy Metro map takes you on a tour of the cheapest rents in the capital. Invaluable for flat-hunters - or anyone curious as to how much their friends and neighbours are paying. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160518/new-map-reveals-paris-flat-prices-by-metro-station Wed, 18 May 2016 19:24:02 +0200 new-map-reveals-paris-flat-prices-by-metro-station Could a British academic's new map of the Paris Metro, dubbed the Metro map for dummies, be adopted by Paris transport chiefs? Many complain the existing one is too complicated. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151218/paris-metro-is-this-the-most-user-friendly-paris-metro-map Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:50:26 +0100 paris-metro-is-this-the-most-user-friendly-paris-metro-map French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to redraw the map of France, reducing the country’s regions from 22 to 13, in a move aimed at trimming costs and reduce cumbersome bureaucracy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141218/france-to-redraw-map-of-regions Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:24:00 +0100 france-to-redraw-map-of-regions Visitors to Paris often say that walking through the capital’s historic streets is like being on a film set. Now a new interactive map gives you the chance to find out if you really are standing on spot where a famous film has been shot. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140813/new-map-plots-paris Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:55:00 +0200 new-map-plots-paris Legislation that would redraw the map of France won overwhelming support on Wednesday from the country's lower house, the National Assembly. It's part of a plan reduce France's costly and cumbersome bureaucracy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140723/lawmakers-back-redrawn-map-france Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:37:00 +0200 lawmakers-back-redrawn-map-france The latest draft of a map that would slash the number of France’s regions by 40 percent won approval from lawmakers in the lower house of the French parliament early Friday. It’s part of an effort to streamline the country’s costly and pervasive bureaucracy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140718/france-unveils-latest-draft-of-map-of-new-regions Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:56:00 +0200 france-unveils-latest-draft-of-map-of-new-regions There’s a handful of town and place names across France that regularly prompt shocked (and giggling) Anglos to pull over to the side of the road to snap a photo. So you know where they are The Local has taken a trip across France to find the naughtiest sounding French names. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140402/top-10-x-rated-french-place-names-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:40:00 +0200 top-10-x-rated-french-place-names-2 A new interactive online map has helped visualize the horror of the Holocaust for French Jews by marking the address of every one of the 11,458 Jewish children deported from France between July 1942 and August 1944. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140217/jewish-children-france-nazis-map Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:36:00 +0100 jewish-children-france-nazis-map