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'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
