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Local Taxes: tax d'habitation and taxe fonciere

Local Taxes: tax d'habitation and taxe fonciere

As an owner/occupier of French property, you will receive 2 or 3 tax bills a year. Taxe foncière is a land tax payable by the owner of the property. Even if there are no buildings on the land... Read more...
Building Surveys - A roof over your head

Building Surveys - A roof over your head

Chartered Building Surveyor Martin Quirke FRICS ...
Working as an artist in France

Working as an artist in France

Tired of paying for a UK mortgage Jeanette Leuers ...
Living in Seine et Marne

Living in Seine et Marne

Originally from Ireland, Trina and her family mo...

Travel to France

France Travel Guides

Beautiful Chateaux of the Loire Valley

Beautiful Chateaux of the Loire Valley
Known as the garden of France the Loire valley is packed with historical towns and crammed with some of the most beautiful châteaux France has to offer. We take...
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Walking and Hiking in France

Walking with the Camisards

Walking with the Camisards
Three centuries ago, the rugged and isolated Cévennes in south-central France was the venue for a bitter conflict, the severity of which raised eyebrows amongst...
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Living in France

Moving to France

Let everyone know that you're moving with just a few clicks

Let everyone know that you're moving with just a few clicks
One of the most tedious things about moving to France is having to notify all those utility companies and other organizations of your upcoming move and change o...
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Living in France

French Product Recalls

French Product Recalls
This is a useful site for both French and non French speakers that gives a list of French products that have been recalled for safety or other reasons...
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News

French News...

Forget Jaws but watch out for the crocs & Flipper

Forget Jaws but watch out for the crocs & Flipper
Beaches on the French side of the English Channel were closed to swimmers this week after several people reported seeing a large crocodile swimming around boats...
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Letters

U.K. police policy on foreign-registered vehicles

As long ago as 1982, the then EEC issued Directive 83/182, allowing vehicles registered in one European country to be driven for up to six months in a year, ...
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French Property

French Property: Legal & Taxes

Protecting Your Spouse (After you're gone)

Protecting Your Spouse (After you're gone)
One aspect of French succession law that often horrifies British purchasers of property in France is how little protection it affords to the poor widow or widow...
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Buying French Property

The Role of the Notaire in France

The Role of the Notaire in France
A Notaire in France has a wide role, apart from dealing with the purchase, sale, inheritance or transfer of property in France, the Notaire also advises on ...
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Real France

French Life

Gascony: The Story of a Truffiere

Gascony: The Story of a Truffiere
Dick Pyle tells us his intriguing story of moving to Gascony in the Midi-Pyrenees region of South west France and starting up his own unique Truffière business ...
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Expat Interviews

Life in Limousin

Life in Limousin
Terry loves France and wishes that he moved here years ago, he now lives in Creuse in the Limousin region...
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Bookshop

Working in France Books

A Business in France

A Business in France
More and more Brits are moving abroad to start a new life in warmer and (hopefully) cheaper climes. Many aspire to running their own businesses, if only the...
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Living in France

Using Tradesmen in France: A Practical Guide and Glossary for English-Speaking Homeowners

Using Tradesmen in France: A Practical Guide and Glossary for English-Speaking Homeowners
Properties in France, like properties everywhere, need maintenance and modernization. In addition, periodically things go wrong and their owners face plumbi...
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Things to do in France - What's On

 

SINGLES & FRIENDS SUNDAY CAFE

September
Sunday
05

SINGLES & FRIENDS SUNDAY CAFE Are you usually bored and lonely on Sunday afternoons and evenings when all your friends who are married and have kids are busy with their families? We organize a fun get-together for the rest of us, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, each Sunday. We start at 6pm, ask for Paris4u group, or...

International Festival of Gastronomy

September
Thursday
09

International Festival of Gastronomy The 5th edition Des Etoiles de Mougins (Riviera), Festival international de la Gastronomie et des Arts de Vivre [Mougins International Festival of Gastronomy], taking place from 10 to 12 September, will be highlighting women chefs. Visitors will discover traditional, molecular or organic cuisine...

25th Biennale des Antiquaires (Antiquaries’ Fair)

September
Wednesday
15

25th Biennale des Antiquaires (Antiquaries’ Fair) The idea of an “antiquaries’ fair” made its appearance in the 1950s. The first International Antiquaries’ Fair took place in 1962, bringing together the biggest antiquaries, the biggest decorators, the biggest jewellers, and the biggest booksellers from France and abroad under the atrium...

 

Regional Guides

 
brittany
Travel: Visit Brittany
Explore the Grotte Du Diable and the magical forest of Huelgoat in the central Brittany region.

Feeling Taxed?

 
taxes
The French Tax System
A guide to French taxes covering income tax, wealth Tax, capital gains tax, inheritance and gift tax rates.

Travel

 
camargue
The Camargue
The Camargue is a vast river delta on the French Mediterranean coast also known as the wild west of France.

Finance

 
banking
Banking
Lost in the French banking system? How to open a bank account in France and how to write out a French cheque.