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 The French city of Grenoble recently topped an international ranking for 'best quality of life'. The Local explains why the eastern French city came in first place, and mentions a few other French cities with a 'good quality of life'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240823/french-capital-of-the-alps-tops-global-ranking-for-best-quality-of-life Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:25:03 +0200 french-capital-of-the-alps-tops-global-ranking-for-best-quality-of-life The French population is ageing rapidly while the country remains a popular one to retire to - so we've taken a look at how good the quality of life is for older people in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240503/is-france-a-good-country-to-grow-old-in Fri, 03 May 2024 19:14:28 +0200 is-france-a-good-country-to-grow-old-in A poll released this week by IPSOS has revealed what the French would most like to do to improve themselves in 2024. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231230/what-are-the-most-popular-new-years-resolutions-in-france Sat, 30 Dec 2023 11:39:56 +0100 what-are-the-most-popular-new-years-resolutions-in-france A recent study commissioned by the Association of Rural Mayors of France found that life expectancy can differ by up to 1.4 years between those living in rural and urban areas. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230425/study-finds-gap-in-life-expectancy-between-urban-and-rural-france Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:33:26 +0200 study-finds-gap-in-life-expectancy-between-urban-and-rural-france Perhaps surprisingly, a new study on workers' emotional well-being has reported that the French were some of the most fulfilled workers of all, scoring higher than all their European counterparts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230329/french-workers-are-the-most-fulfilled-in-europe-study-finds Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:36:31 +0200 french-workers-are-the-most-fulfilled-in-europe-study-finds The French have hung onto their reputation for a certain gloom, with the latest world happiness ranking showing France lagging behind most of Europe, as well as the UK, US, Canada and Australia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230320/french-among-least-happy-in-europe-and-unhappier-than-last-year Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:23:02 +0100 french-among-least-happy-in-europe-and-unhappier-than-last-year Their international reputation inclines more towards the grumpy, but the latest national mood survey shows that most French people are 'happy' and a significant amount are even 'very happy'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221124/survey-shows-that-strong-majority-of-the-french-are-happy Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:14:46 +0100 survey-shows-that-strong-majority-of-the-french-are-happy When asking people why they moved to France, one answer comes up again and again - a better quality of life. But is the quality of life really that good in France? We crunched some data to find out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220718/mythbusters-is-the-quality-of-life-actually-that-good-in-france Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:42:23 +0200 mythbusters-is-the-quality-of-life-actually-that-good-in-france Every year, QS best student cities releases its ranking of the world's most student-friendly locations. This year four French cities made the list. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220630/revealed-the-best-cities-in-france-to-be-a-student Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:20:38 +0200 revealed-the-best-cities-in-france-to-be-a-student A new study has given a comprehensive view of happiness levels in different parts of France, with the area where you live having almost as strong an effect on happiness as whether you are young, rich or in a couple. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220214/map-where-are-the-happiest-areas-of-france-2 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:35:14 +0100 map-where-are-the-happiest-areas-of-france-2 Good cheese, comprehensive healthcare and friendly neighbours - The Local's readers reveal the reasons for their great quality of life in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220221/readers-reveal-what-makes-the-quality-of-life-in-france-so-high Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:16:38 +0100 readers-reveal-what-makes-the-quality-of-life-in-france-so-high A new ranking of French towns and cities according to job opportunities and real estate affordability has thrown up a number of surprises. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220104/where-are-the-best-french-towns-and-cities-to-live-in-2022 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:18:24 +0100 where-are-the-best-french-towns-and-cities-to-live-in-2022 Paris frequently ranks close to the bottom of international rankings of the best cities for foreign residents to live. But is it really that bad? Here's the verdict from our readers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20211210/parisians-are-quite-lovely-your-verdict-on-quality-of-life-in-paris Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:42:54 +0100 parisians-are-quite-lovely-your-verdict-on-quality-of-life-in-paris The beautiful and usually sun-drenched southern French city of Nice has trounced Paris in the annual Expat City Ranking for quality of life. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201126/why-nice-beats-paris-as-the-best-french-city-for-foreigners-to-live Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:23:06 +0100 why-nice-beats-paris-as-the-best-french-city-for-foreigners-to-live The French capital moves up 13 places on The Economist’s Liveability Index two years after it dropped down the list due to the damaging effect of recent terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180820/paris-moves-up-to-19th-most-liveable-city-in-the-world Mon, 20 Aug 2018 18:45:03 +0200 paris-moves-up-to-19th-most-liveable-city-in-the-world Paris was ranked 39th in a global quality of life ranking, one place ahead of Lyon and while the capital city scored highly for transport and leisure, there was one category that held it back. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180321/paris-and-lyon-drop-in-annual-quality-of-life-global-ranking Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:35:05 +0100 paris-and-lyon-drop-in-annual-quality-of-life-global-ranking A new survey has revealed in which regions the French would love to live and also where they’d rather avoid. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151026/where-the-french-do-and-dont-want-to-live Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:51:49 +0100 where-the-french-do-and-dont-want-to-live The areas in France offering the best quality of life were revealed in a study published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150716/best-and-worst-places-in-france-to-live-and-work Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:23:04 +0200 best-and-worst-places-in-france-to-live-and-work Paris may be the City of Romance and the City of Lights but it is certainly not the "City of quality of life" according to the latest international rankings. The French capital was ranked well down the list,although ahead of London. But which city was top? https://www.thelocal.fr/20140220/paris-quality-of-life-mercer Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:47:00 +0100 paris-quality-of-life-mercer