Best place to live in France

Best place to live in France - Nice has ranked 6th in a survey to find where the best place to live in France is. The survey studied official data on education, shops and services, health, sports and leisure, solidarity, quality of life, and transport to come up with a 'definitive' ranking of nearly 35,000 villages, towns and cities.

 Annecy, in the Haute-Savoie, tops the study for towns and cities, ahead of Bayonne and La Rochelle. Angers and Le Man complete the top five. Of the larger cities, Nice comes in sixth, then Bordeaux (eighth) and Strasbourg (11th). Toulouse was ranked 29th, Lyon 56th, Marseille 85th and Lille 86th and Paris ranked 58th.

 

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The man who allegedly drove his car into pedestrians on the Ile d’Oleron has said that he regrets his actions, according to the local prosecutor.... Evening Update Friday 7 November 2025 Read More

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French and Riviera News Friday 7th November 2025

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Evening Update Wednesday 6 November 2025

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French and Riviera News Thursday 6th November 2025

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Evening Update Wednesday 5 November 2025

Five people have been injured, two of them seriously, after a man deliberately drove into pedestrians this morning in the Charente-Maritime department... Evening Update Wednesday 5 November 2025 Read More

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