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Updated: Fri 28 Aug 2026 08:07 CET

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School children line up to enter the Jean de la Fontaine primary school at the start of the new school year in Issy-les-Moulineaux, south of Paris, on September 2nd, 2024. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)

From school supplies to September routines - this week's La Belle Vie talks about what la rentrée really means within French culture.