Surrounded by a deep blue sky and the green-fleeced slopes of rolling Basque-country hills, Bernadette Pochelu winds her way between an outdoor pen of pigs, a noisy barn full of lambs, and her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After becoming an empty nester, I left my life behind in the US to buy a farmhouse in rural France. I've run into many issues, ...

Four years ago, I moved to Languedoc, South West France, almost on a whim, because I fell in love with a crumbling old house on a pretty port in the village where my husband and I used to go on ...

Dreaming of a move to rural France? €1 house programs capture global attention and revitalise rural communities, but demand bigger investment. Here’s what early data suggests a renovation might cost.

Small business and residential users as far afield as the Pyrenees mountains in southern France could soon enjoy broadband connections thanks to a partnership between France Telecom (FT) and Alvarion.

LAVAL, France (Reuters) - When Joelle Dupas falls ill, she goes to a medical centre in her home town in rural western France where all 12 doctors have come out of retirement. The 66-year-old tried for ...