Brest

Local football revived at the Land’s End of France

Strasbourg

European capital on the French side of the Rhine

Angers

Keeper of Cointreau’s secret and Kopa’s last remains

Nîmes

The French Rome briefly rejoins the national elite

SC Bastia

Former Euro finalists clamber back after downfall

Bastia

Football capital of Corsica with a European pedigree

Troyes AC

French outpost of City’s global football empire