Insight - Far from idyll, rural France feels left in the past


  • World
  • Friday, 13 Dec 2013

A general view shows the rural village Frayssinhes in south-central France, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

SOUSCEYRAC, France (Reuters) - The first thing a visitor to this rural French village sees upon entering town are road signs pointing the way out.

The sprawling parking lot that is Sousceyrac's main square is mostly empty on a weekday afternoon. The tourist information office, post office and bull semen cooperative are closed, and the rumble of hay and lumber trucks passing through town without stopping adds to the air of isolation.

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