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My instant translator tells me: France has lost hundreds of thousands of cafes since the 1960s, especially in the villages. Initiatives are multiplying to save these drinking places.
Is France facing the quick death of its sacred bistros? - The bistro - one of the most culturally recognizable things in France - is dying out, a new study suggests. ... There were a grand total of 34,669 bistros in France in 2014 - which absolutely pales in comparison with the 600,000 cafe-bars that existed in France at the beginning of the 1960s The stats come courtesy of pollsters Ifop and were published by Le Parisien newspaper on Wednesday. The researchers found that these 35,000 bars are spread across a total of 10,619 towns and villages - meaning that there are 26,045 towns and villages in France that are officially a "no-bistro zone", according to the paper's calculations. Things have got so dire in some rural areas that the inhabitants of one in three villages have not only lost a bistro or café in their own village, but also in the villages around them.The finger of blame for the huge number of closures was pointed at the smoking ban, the exodus from the French countryside towards the cities, and the rising cost of drinks.
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