Village in the Auvergne Everyone knows everyone, and everyone knows everything in the villages and small towns in France. At least, that's how it seems. Anyway, you can sometimes find out a lot about the local housing market by talking to the locals. Hotels, chambres d'hôtes, cafés, restaurants, campsites are the best places to do so because you can build short-term relationships here. By the way, local is entirely relative. The gossip area often extends for miles around. 
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