What's a 700 person French Village like? Tour Lauzun in Southwest France with us!

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This is the first in a new series, visiting villages of up to 5000 people to explore from the perspective of living there, not just visiting as a tourist. We hope to help you discover some of the most livable and charming villages in our corner of Southwest France!
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We are an American family of 3 who moved to France for an extended stay adventure in 2022.
We wanted to experience Europe as more than rushed tourists on a 10-day vacation. To dive into the culture, learn a new language, experience daily life, and truly know what it was like to work and live somewhere other than the US.
In France, we set up a business, enrolled in a middle school, found housing, and even got our cat a European passport!
While in the US preparing to leave, the information we found about staying in France for longer than a short vacation was directed at college students, young & single digital nomads, or retirees. Where was the useful information for families like us?
With a year under our belts in France, we created Baguette Bound to pass on what we have learned. We hope to make it easier and inspire other families who are interested in experiencing a long stay in France with their families. Stay tuned for more information on French culture, local travel ideas, and the logistics of moving across the world.
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@jean-pascalesparceil9008 3 месяца назад

Hello! There is a historical connexion between Lauzun and the USA: the Legion of Lauzun, was a combined arms military corps (infantry, artillery and cavalry) made up of foreign volunteers in the service of the Ancien Régime at the end of the 18th century. Its colonel owner was Armand Louis de Gontaut-Biron, Duke of Lauzun. This mixed legion of a thousand volunteers took part in the American War of Independence from July 1780 to May 1783.

@gohumberto 2 месяца назад

We live in Lauzun (actually 1km out of town) and you also need to consider the proximity of Lauzun to Eymet (6km). We moved here 4 years ago, from the UK, and haven't regretted it for a moment. Eymet is quite unusual (as well as extremely beautiful) in that it's fairly active all year round, not just in high summer (when it's is incredibly busy as a tourist destination). So many small towns in the region are losing what few amenities they had, whereas Lauzun and Eymet seem to be growing, Eymet especially. Eymet has bigger versions of the Lauzun essentials. The French locals have been nothing but kind and helpful since we arrived. Hopefully they appreciate my attempts to speak French (and I apologise now for some of the weird things I must have said in error). You should come to Lauzun in High summer, on a Saturday evening, for the Table Gourmands. Quite incredible, the number of people being fed out on the main street. Similarly Eymet on summer night markets on Tuesdays, plus the Oyster & Wine festival, where the main square is packed with hundreds (thousands?) of people dining. The towns and villages in the areas really do put on quite a show in the summer season. It's very difficult to resist the amazing food and wine on offer ... so I don't resist. Yes, the area is known for (infamous for?) its anglophone immigrant communities, but I think that influx of relatively wealthy foreigners has gone someway to keep businesses active here all year round.

@heliedecastanet1882 3 месяца назад

Something you maybe don't know : Lauzun was owned by the family de Caumont de la Force, Dukes de la Force, Counts de Lauzun (among many titles). Lauzun eventually became a duchy with Antonin Nompar de Caumont, who married Louis XIV's cousin, named "la Grande Mademoiselle". Their story is quite famous. And thanks for the video !

@natgus1 2 месяца назад

Lauzun never married "la Grande Mademoiselle". The king would not agree to the alliance ("La Grande Mademoiselle" was of royal blood, she was the king's cousin)

@heliedecastanet1882 2 месяца назад

@@natgus1 Dear Natgus, according to the majority of historians, they secretly married in 1681, after Lauzun was released from Pignerol. However, they split as soon as 1684. You are obviously among the few ones who think they did not get married. No problem. Have a good evening.

@goofygrandlouis6296 Месяц назад

"la Grande Mademoiselle" ? Did she have big feet ?

@heliedecastanet1882 Месяц назад

@@goofygrandlouis6296 You can be tall with small feet. Which is not really confortable though.

@goofygrandlouis6296 Месяц назад

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@brigittelacour5055 3 месяца назад

Mirabelle is a small yellow plum. We eat it fresh during the saison, late summer, znd you can eat it in tarte, do jam, preserve or froze it. it has a more sweet and flavor taste than ordinary plums. The Nancy and Metz one are the most famous one. And I forgot, you can do mirabelle eau de vie (spirit) too.

@kimdelo9795 2 месяца назад

My daughter's best childhood friend (in the USA) is named Mirabelle. We always used to bring back jars of Bonne Maman 'Mirabelle' jam for her when we went to France to visit grandparents for Christmas and summer vacations. My son (a few years younger than my daughter) asked why Bonne Maman didn't make 'Colin' (his best US friend's name) jam, so he could bring 'Colin' jam back to his friend. We could only tell them that we didn't think customs would let us bring a stinky unrefrigerated fish (colin) back to the US on a plane as a gift for an elementary school kid, and his friend Colin probably wouldn't be too happy if we did, lol.

@alkante2962 2 месяца назад

Le duc de Lauzun, l'amant de la Grande Mademoiselle! Merci de la visite...😘

@islandbreeze2102 3 месяца назад

Hi Raina & Jason!! This new series of "visiting villages of up to 5000 people to explore from the perspective of living there" is absolutely a fantastic idea. We are traveling from the convenience of our couch to small French villages through your camera lenses. We are so curious to see what these villages look like and how people live in them. This is terrific. Can't wait for more videos on this series. Question: Lauzun is cute, but it seemed a little bit desolate with the exception of when you were sitting down for a coffee that we saw a few people coming and going. Why do you suppose it feels so empty? There wasn't even one person at the park... It felt kind of sad to me. Thank you.

@BaguetteBound 3 месяца назад

We were there fairly early in the morning (almost nothing opens before 10am) because we thought it would be easier for shooting (and to beat the rain that was coming!). But I will say Jan - March, is much quieter in village life here. The weather is very rainy during that time (filling our rivers) So the park is muddy, there are few tourists and in some town certain shops even close for a couple months to give the owners a break before the season starts again in April. But I'm so glad you pointed this our, the next village we shoot we'll have to try to go at both a quiet time for good shots and a busy time (like market day) to give you a better sense. Thanks for watching!

@gsbeak 3 месяца назад

One of the main answer is jobs : There are very few jobs in such a village. So most people commute every day to the next main town for work.

@BaguetteBound 3 месяца назад

@@gsbeak This is also true and a good point. Especially a village of this size, it's more like what we might call a "bedroom community" particularly during the week. But it does have a lot of essential shops on foot open year-round, which you don't always see in a place this size and makes it nice for our viewers who are considering moving to France are either retired, planning to retire, or working from home remotely. Thanks for the comment!

@francisleveque2939 Месяц назад

Peut être un dimanche et le temps d’ hiver 😢

@signefurax933 Месяц назад

@@BaguetteBound Le problème c'est que le mal est fait...vous faites passer nos villages comme tristes et isolés...il faut filmer quand il fait beau et montrer les gens...Pourquoi ne pas attendre un peu de soleil quitte à reporter la vidéo de quelques jours ? En tout cas c'est très gentil de dire que nous ne sommes pas si impolis et démentir notre réputation 😉. On espère vous voir pendant les jeux olympiques de Paris 😊

@lollygee172 3 месяца назад

Love these little tours! Thanks!

@hedwin_tv8122 9 дней назад

Would love to see you guys in Castelculier, near Agen !

@jowalk80 2 месяца назад

Love this type of videos, so informative. Thanks

@juliannadougherty2647 3 месяца назад

glad i found your platform! You answer many questions we have...loved this little town. Thank you

@buckyetsonali 3 месяца назад

Thank you for these videos! It’s so helpful for families trying to figure out the right move to France

@traveltirement 3 месяца назад

Great job you guys! This is amazing. Wish I was there with you! 🙌

@mikesmith-rp1mb Месяц назад

I hope to move to France soon with my french girlfriend. For me and my very basic French, I'd like a town where no one but the Marie speaks English. So when I piss off the locals at least he can explain what I've done...! 🇫🇷❤️ ☘️💚🇮🇪

@lorcanlorcan9334 Месяц назад

Les irlandais ne m'ennuient jamais et nulle part, ni dans mon petit village de Dordogne, ni en Irlande. De la part d'un français amoureux de l'Irlande

@davidniquot6423 19 дней назад

Be carreful, you'll be soon used to the picturesque... be carreful not to be bored .. :D

@calvacoca Месяц назад

A "Tabac" is a place where you can buy tobacco. Most of the time, it also includes a bar, it's called a "bar tabac" in that case. But french people simply call "café" places where you can have a drink.

@nevillemignot1681 4 дня назад

I found it interesting that in the exploring an alley way in the old part of town up near the Chateau and Church you came across some roof tiles embedded in the foundations and walls of old buildings. These were used by the Romans as a way of adding strength to such structures, as an Ex-London tour guide you would see tiles used this way in the few Roman walls that survive in London, and i would guess these could date from Roman times.

@BaguetteBound 2 дня назад

Oh really? That is interesting, thank you for your comment.

@nevillemignot1681 2 дня назад

@@BaguetteBound The Romans did use so many sorts of these fired items to add strength to all sorts of buildings. We once saw the underpinning of the 'Foss Way' that was full of Roman bricks and roof tiles.

@UnluckyPlant 2 месяца назад

Love this, and can’t wait for more tours! It would be nice if you added (text on the screen?) the date, time and temperature, so we know what the weather is like during that season, and if we’re seeing it when everyone is at work /school, or if it’s a weekend. We just discovered your channel this week, so have been binge watching. 😂 We moved to Portugal a couple years ago, but love France and want to get an affordable home there one day. Just trying to figure out where. 😁

@rickchandler2570 2 месяца назад

I live in Portugal and in a small village like yours however we don't have near the things you do. We have a couple café's but that's about it. Nice village!

@laurac7289 3 месяца назад

This is by far the best RU-vid channel for those looking to make the move to France. As an Aussie, it's definitely not practical to do regular reconnaissance missions to France to check out possible places to live! I'm really looking forward to your future videos in this series. Merci!

@BaguetteBound 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much for the kind words, that means a lot since thats our goal!! We were so frustrated with trying to find information on smaller places when we were planning our move, and we love all these little villages so much, we thoight it would be a fun way to share them and provide some insight. Thanks for bearing with us through this first tour as we figure out how to shoot on location. We learned a lot filming this one on how to put the next one together better!

@Gert-DK 2 месяца назад

As a European, I will recommend immigrants to look for places with a train station. Lauzun would have been perfect, if there was a train station. EU countries are looking at ways to bring down CO2. France are doing it by further expand their Nuclear capabilities. In France, trains drive on electricity, so they will get a huge advantage in the future. Imagine living in Lauzun (with train). You can skip the car, job might a little away. Pendle each day, and get work done on the train. I have a friend, he got he's job in Copenhagen, 1,5 hour each way. He got the travelling hours, on the train, included in he's working time, and he got himself a 4 days week. Look for a train station, when looking for a place to live in Europe. Cars are a very expensive way to transport yourself, and it will get even more expensive in the future.

@Gert-DK 2 месяца назад

@@absolutefreedom8035 Just did a test. Paris to Lyon this Thuesday at noon. 49€ and under 2 hours. On Saturday, you can buy a ticket for 19€. Expensive ???

@MsMatcauthon Месяц назад

When there is a train station, there are migrants from third world countries

@northerngannetproject3147 Месяц назад

Village with railway station have typically 3 trains a day to/ from big cities around. The early morning, the 12.00 and the evening one. Doing whatever is a full day trip !!

@Gert-DK Месяц назад

@@absolutefreedom8035 So it is cheap to own and operate car?

@Gert-DK Месяц назад

@@northerngannetproject3147 Thnx

@francisleveque2939 Месяц назад

Super coin❤ Marmande et C ” tomates ”!😂 Faut bien un lien commun mais, beaucoup de belles choses a 80 kilomètres à la ronde pour qe Régaler 🎉🎉

@markwild2398 Месяц назад

Total grandeur!

@WalkwithMarsha 2 месяца назад

I would love it if you could please do a similar tour of Yvoire! It looks like such a charming French town, and I've been dying to know what it might be like to actually live there!!

@bikesfrench8524 Месяц назад

Ils sont a côté des landes et a 1 heures de la côte basque surnommé la petite Californie car les plages sont très belles et c est le spot du surf en Europe

@angelicapeach858 2 месяца назад

Hello, I enjoyed your tour very much. Would you consider doing Cordes Sur Ciel, lovely medieval town in Tarn. A lot of history I think you and your viewers would enjoy. I would like to know if that town has the five basics and what kind of transportation. I think many of us don't plan on having a car, at least not right away, and are counting on Local transportation. Also, where healthcare providers within the town or at what distance out of town. Merci' to you both and your lovely family. ❤

@madbell931 Месяц назад

So, since you become now Lauzunais ( citizen of Lauzun), you have to visit the magnificent Hôtel de Lauzun in Paris, build for the duke of Lauzun, military figure and very closed person to Louis the XIVth, the Sun King in the 17th century...I think they reopened it now, kind of building we call it in France Hôtel Particulier, like a mansion...and don't forget to take youre little sweet girl to see la Grotte de Lascaux! what a chance she has to learn culture in such a beautiful country with big and deep history!

@caromurray6152 3 месяца назад

Love this idea; it’s a way to discover places in the area of France I would like to be in. Planning on an extended visit next year to hopefully fulfil this dream.☺️

@zappow2827 2 месяца назад

Someone may have already told you that: the "c" at the end of "tabac" is mute. It's pronounced "taba", not "tabak".

@Sindor33 2 месяца назад

Welcome! We are a bit neighbour as I live and work in Sainte Foy la Grande (the left to Bergerac). Sorry for my basic english.

@BaguetteBound 2 месяца назад

Oh wow! We love Sainte Foy La Grande!! Our first year here, we lived in Eynesse. We have friends in Sainte Foy and go back often to spend time with them or for the market (its the best!) and our vet, insurance agent, etc is in Sainte Foy. It still feels like French "home". Plus I know where everything is at the Pineuilh E.LeClerc. 😂 Ugh, the Bergerac one is not the same.

@goofygrandlouis6296 Месяц назад

@@BaguetteBound Hey, your channel is pretty fun (and family-friendly). Suscribed.

@Whanganuibloke 3 месяца назад

Picturesque - oui, buzzing with activity - non !!! What time of day were you filming ? France seems to come to life after 10am or so. Great content guys - keep 'em coming s'il vous plait.

@BaguetteBound 3 месяца назад

Lol, yes, it was fairly early morning. I didn't think about that until after, I was thinking it would be quieter and easier to shoot. I will say though, village life Jan - March always feels quieter. This town in particular has a fantastic summer night market. All the restaurants have outdoor eating areas. Life feels very different winter to summer. Thanks for watching this first one! We learned so much putting it together, I hope our next ones will be much better shooting!

@Whanganuibloke 3 месяца назад

@@BaguetteBound You are completely right in that it is easier to hear what you are saying without the distraction of locals chatting in the background and this is borne out when you are having a cafe . But it does provide the impression that nothing is happening ! Hard for you to win either way LOL

@kimdelo9795 2 месяца назад

@@Whanganuibloke Yeah, hard for them to win either way when she sounds like a hyena and her husband sounds like he's narrating a 1974 BBC documentary about cheese. Trying to get a monetized RU-vid channel to fund their fake 'French' life is never going to work out for them. So sad for their daughter that they've dragged into this.

@caroledsd1243 Месяц назад

You can find mirabelles to eat at the end of summer every in France and especially in the east departments.

@JaKi052 3 месяца назад

wow, this was a great video! super peaceful. i assume you should learn how to drive manual? how was it learning to drive on the otherside of the road?

@BaguetteBound 3 месяца назад

Manual cars are common, but you can easily find automatics too. And lucky for Americans, the French drive on the same side! Thanks for watching.

@JaKi052 3 месяца назад

oops, for some reason i thought the camera was showing the drivers side! thats a relief hehe@@BaguetteBound

@sylviemanson9761 2 месяца назад

Nice video. I thought you were diabetic man !! Then collège and collage are 2 different words, think about the word "hedge" to get the right sound for an "è". Have a nice stay^^ .

@scottphillips6847 3 месяца назад

Yes, we look for a train station, veterinarian, proximity to the rest of Europe, and within two hours (by train) to major airport.

@jean-pascalesparceil9008 3 месяца назад

Hello. You can look south of Bordeaux, you will be close to Spain and Portugal; near Lyon you will be close to Switzerland, Italy and Germany. East of Paris (for the largest airport) you can travel easily to Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Look for cities with a TGV train station, they will have veterinarians.

@papatango5085 2 месяца назад

Near Geneva you have good airport and good quality of life. But it s expensive as Paris. Maybe near Nice too

@northerngannetproject3147 Месяц назад

Impossible in France to catch an international airport by train in 2 hours from the countryside.

@branlotin Месяц назад

I've been going on holidays (my family has a home outside the village) in Cressensac since I was born, it's 20 kms south of Brive-la-Gaillarde which is only a 15mns drive by the freeway with regular trains to Paris or Toulouse, Toulouse is 1h45 by the same A20 freeway, the Dordogne river is quite close (Souillac is 15kms), Rocamadour and Padirac a 45mns drive, Martel 10mns, Collonges-la-rouge 15mns, Turenne 10mns... and cherry on the cake, the Brive airport is just outside the village with 2 daily flights to Paris-Orly, 2 weekly flights to London Stansted. There also is a brand new primary school. Only minus is it is crossed by the N20, I wish they'd built a deviation so that the traffic doesn't go through the village.

@bodilyc Месяц назад

One thing that I noticed (that we really struggled with when living in France) is the lack of ppl anywhere. The village looks dead as you walk around..No ppl.We really found this so isolating when we would drive around in villages.... and one has to wonder..."where are all the ppl" and incidentally it doesn't matter what time of day, its always like that.

@thierrycambon116 Месяц назад

They're at home ! There are a lot of retired people in those villages, looking for quietness. If you have kids, want to practice sports, go to the movies, restaurants, theatres, you should live in a town.

@bodilyc Месяц назад

@@thierrycambon116 Thank you for your kind suggestion to live in a town. Its very sweet of you to be concerned enough to comment. However town living is not what we desire, we like to see ppl walking about and to get to know the local village ppl. A village has 'Soul" when ppl frequent it and talk to one another. And also its so funny because we are retired and we (like a vast many others) do not want to sit home in retirement.

@melaniezette886 Месяц назад

As a gentlemen you should just check the beignet is not dangerous and let your wife eat it first 😄

@saigonesepapaya 2 месяца назад

Did you visit any big town or region since you came in France ?

@mikesmith-rp1mb Месяц назад

Canelé de Bordeaux...you must have tried.?

@scolarichris Месяц назад

Did you noticed the upside down Lauzun village sign at the entrance of the town?

@BaguetteBound Месяц назад

Yep...that was from the Farmer protests earlier this year.

@nicolasmillet888 2 месяца назад

Did you already try to ask for pain au chocolat at the bakery in Lauzun ? 😬🤭😅

@corentineduperche5053 2 месяца назад

tu veux leur attirer des ennuis? 😋c'est la région des chocolatines, je crois

@nicolasmillet888 2 месяца назад

@@corentineduperche5053 hehe je pense qu'ils le savent deja ;)

@reynaldparisel3852 Месяц назад

What about the famous local rugby team (Union Bordeaux-Bègles) :) You are in a land of rugby !

@phoenix-xu9xj Месяц назад

There looks like there is far more than 700 people living there. I live in a village in the UK of 3000 and yet this village seems to have a lot more houses🤷‍♀️

@branlotin Месяц назад

Probably only 700 permanent residents but plenty of secondary houses.

@dancersdumonde 10 дней назад

We have a house in a hamlet. Maybe 25 people?

@Reckadu7 Месяц назад

Do you know why the village signs are turned over? =)

@jean-claudemuller3199 Месяц назад

recent farmers protests turned over village signs, against some EU regulations, it happened also in some regions in germany

@Elaines-travels 3 месяца назад

If there is no train station how do you get there when you fly in?

@BaguetteBound 3 месяца назад

You'd need to rent a car or book a taxi from the airport. Some village do have a bus that comes through from the nearest train station. But a car is necessary to live in most small villages in France. I would only consider larger cities in France if you'd like to be car free.

@kimdelo9795 2 месяца назад

Living on the bus route within an hour radius of a larger city is key. I personally fly into Barcelona, take the 50 minute TGV ride to Perpignan, and my town is a 40 minute bus ride up into the Pyrenees from Perpignan train station. That bus ride costs one (1) euro. You can get anywhere within a 2 hour radius on the bus for one euro, then you have to pay another euro (sniffle.) You absolutely DO NOT have to have a car in France, depending on where you live. It's a major reason I went back to France (from the US) after my kids were out of school. Goodbye, paying for insurance that I never used! Goodbye ridiculous gasoline prices! Goodbye car maintenance costs that always seemed to show up out of nowhere! That crap is over for me, forever. We do rent a car when my (adult) kids come to visit, but they're responsible for that, I just give them the money to do it. The no car thing is a major, major relief for me.

@Elaines-travels 2 месяца назад

@@kimdelo9795 that is exactly what I was thinking of doing

@kimdelo9795 2 месяца назад

@@Elaines-travels By all means look into it! If you're specifically looking into the area southwest and west of Perpignan, there is a great community of expats and anglophile French natives in the area. The culture certainly sways into the Catalan/Spanish influence given its location, you'd need to be willing to embrace that, but I've found people warm and welcoming.

@Maria-js9ou Месяц назад

0:52 Why is the Lauzun plate upside down?

@hugoguedon6576 Месяц назад

The movement of inverted (or upside down) signage signs is a protest movement initiated by the agricultural unions FDSEA and Young Farmers of the Tarn department, it then spread throughout France

@branlotin Месяц назад

It is by solidarity with farmers demonstrations a couple weeks ago, it was the same when I went to my village on holidays, I started noticing upside down village plates just before Rodez (at Luc La Primaube to be precise) and then all the way on the remaining 160 kms

@michellemobakeng5938 3 месяца назад

FYI the 'c' at the end of 'tabac' (tæbæ) is silent. The full expression would be, e.g. 'Je vais au bureau de tabac', imperative 'Allons au bureau de tabac.' Interesting tour

@michellemobakeng5938 2 месяца назад

@@kimdelo9795 I do not understand your point. In France, the last letter in a word is silent therefore, the only sound we should hear is 'tæbæ' not 'tæbæk'.

@michellemobakeng5938 2 месяца назад

@@kimdelo9795 In French grammar, it is not unusual for rules to have their exceptions: nouns ending in 'AL' change to 'AUX' in the plural form such as Un cardinal - des cardinaux Un animal - des animaux Un bocal - des bocaux ( jar) Exceptions (just a few) Un récital - des récitals Un carnaval - des carnavals (carnival) Un étal / des étals (stall) The words you quoted are not French but foreign and so can be pronounced as they would in their country of origin. These nouns are the exceptions to the rule. I saw you tried to be clever and could not help yourself but be mean for no reason.

@michellemobakeng5938 2 месяца назад

@@kimdelo9795You had no more things to say about the topic on hand so you fell back on your mean self. Should I be 90, where is your respect? You must be bored to be picking on someone who you don't know and did you nothing. So, please, let go off me.

@kimdelo9795 2 месяца назад

@@michellemobakeng5938 Don't even THINK you're preaching to ME about 'French Grammar,' little girl. If you're such an expert in French grammar, why were you FYI-ing the original poster with your ignorance when you were 100% WRONG and didn't have the slightest clue? Sit ALL the way down and think long and hard before you ever dare to crawl out your cave and humiliate yourself again in the future.

@ogamiitto8627 2 месяца назад

@@kimdelo9795Tu veux pas compter tes cheveux plutôt que de raconter de la merde ? Personne ne prononce le "c" de tabac.

@alexmarcus9009 2 месяца назад

Adjust your camera from tree tops and tops of people heads. Oh, look not a McDonald’s in sight 😅

@marysemazeres1430 Месяц назад

I am sorry to point The french problem, : health, doctors and even more, Dentist, it really difficult to find on who accept new patients, I am living the other side east on of this département 47, yes every thing is very picturest, life is nice when retired, except for health that is really important.