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FRANCE. YVELINES (78) VERSAILLES. WORK ?BOULES A FACETTES? BY JOHN ARMLEDER AT THE ORANGERY OF THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Frederic Marsens Wins Gold in Lyonnaise Boules at World Games 2025 - China

Gold medalist Frederic Marsens (C) of France, silver medalist Gasper Povh (L) of Slovenia and bronze medalist Ivan Soligon of Italy pose during the awarding ceremony for the Boules Sports Men's Lyonnaise Progressive at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Frederic Marsens Wins Gold in Lyonnaise Boules at World Games 2025 - China

Gasper Povh of Slovenia competes during the Boules Sports Men's Lyonnaise Progressive Finals Gold Medal Match between Frederic Marsens of France and Gasper Povh of Slovenia at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Frederic Marsens Wins Gold in Lyonnaise Boules at World Games 2025 - China

Frederic Marsens of France competes during the Boules Sports Men's Lyonnaise Progressive Finals Gold Medal Match between Frederic Marsens of France and Gasper Povh of Slovenia at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Frederic Marsens Wins Gold in Lyonnaise Boules at World Games 2025 - China

Frederic Marsens of France celebrates after the Boules Sports Men's Lyonnaise Progressive Finals Gold Medal Match between Frederic Marsens of France and Gasper Povh of Slovenia at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Frederic Marsens Wins Gold in Lyonnaise Boules at World Games 2025 - China

Ivan Soligon of Italy competes during the Boules Sports Men's Lyonnaise Progressive Finals Bronze Medal Match between Lucas Hecker of Argentina and Ivan Soligon of Italy at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Frederic Marsens Wins Gold in Lyonnaise Boules at World Games 2025 - China

Frederic Marsens of France competes during the Boules Sports Mixed Lyonnaise Quick Shooting Doubles Finals Bronze Medal Match between Frederic Marsens/Lisa Gouilloud of France and Mehmet Can Yakin/Inci Ozturk of T??rkiye at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Champions 2025 Evening - Paris

Groleaz Marie, Barazzutti Annaelle, Amar Floriane SPORT BOULES attends Champions 2025 Evening, organized by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee on June 23, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Champions 2025 Evening - Paris

Groleaz Marie, Barazzutti Annaelle, Amar Floriane SPORT BOULES attends Champions 2025 Evening, organized by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee on June 23, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Paris-Roubaix

The trouée, or “Drève des Boules d'Hérin” as it is really known, first appeared on the Paris-Roubaix route in 1968, under the impetus of Jean Stablinski, a former miner from Wallers-Arenberg who had become a racing cyclist. He was commissioned by the race organizers, including Jacques Goddet, to find new cobbled sectors. A stele pays tribute to him at the entrance to the trouée d'Arenberg. On April 10, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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