From abbeys and bridges to fish soup and Resistance history, France's motorway signs offer drivers a crash course in the ...

France is enforcing a new nationwide outdoor smoking ban aimed at protecting children and the public in general from the dangers of tobacco, including inhaling second-hand smoke. Tourists visiting ...

PARIS, March 22 - France holds the second round of municipal elections on Sunday, the last major ballot ahead of next year's presidential election. The vote will help measure the strength of the ...

Seth Sherwood, based in Paris, has been writing about France for the Travel section since 2004. Toulouse is on the rise: The fast-growing, red-brick city in southwestern France is on track to leapfrog ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. France's municipal elections – to elect members of local councils in some 35,000 towns and villages – are held every six years.