James Harrington - news@thelocal.fr

Updated: Wed 22 Jul 2026 12:18 CET

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A partial solar eclipse. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama / AFP)

The women’s Tour de France gets under way, there’s a little good news for savers, property tax bills start arriving, your phone should ring a little less often... and two celestial events mark the month of August in France.