A town in southern France has become the latest to introduce a summer dress code - people going topless, wearing swimwear or even walking in bare feet in the town centre now face a €150 fine.
"We're just reminding people of some common-sense rules related to hygiene and indecent exposure," said the mayor of Narbonne after the local bylaw outlining the €150 fines was published.
Narbonne, on the south coast, is the latest in a string of French towns to introduce summer dress codes, aimed at getting people to put some clothes on when they leave the beach.
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The summer-only bylaw in Narbonne - it runs until September 30th and only covers the central part of the town - bans both men and women from being topless, it is also forbidden to wear only swimwear in the town centre, and visitors are also expected to wear shoes (although sandals or flip flops are fine).
