Absolute heat records were broken in 64 municipalities on Monday, at the peak of the heat wave hitting France, Météo France confirmed on Tuesday.
These records were recorded, mainly along the Atlantic coast, among 690 stations of the public operator spread across metropolitan France and having at least 30 years of readings.
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