One of the only events in France not to be cancelled because of the coronavirus is local elections that get underway on Sunday.
The country will go to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors in 36,000 towns and cities. French mayors do not sit in parliament, but they run city or town councils and set local policy.
They also are representatives of the state's executive power at the local level. As such, the mayoral elections can be an important gauge of the balance of power in French politics.