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Another word of caution regarding French maps. I bought a few maps last year prior to a trip to Provence. I thought I'd buy them directly from IGN to ensure the latest editions http://www.ign.fr/ The maps arrived promptly so no problems at all with that.
I'm not sure how often IGN update their maps, the ones that they sent me ranged from 1999-2005 consequently I found a bunch of stones situated within the middle of a well- established suburban housing estate which were shown as being in farmers fields on the map. I guess France is a big country and re-mapping it must take a bit of time.
Also the roads had all been re-numbered since my 1999 edition map so there was a fair bit of guesswork done.
All part of the fun of being abroad

This can be problem, especially as France is in the grip of a virulous outbreak of roundaboutism at the moment.
I tend to use larger scale michelin maps/atlases for my road navigation (infact I prefer the IGNs road maps too), and then get in close with the Blue IGNs.
Most of the new ones do have a grid on that should be compatible with most GPSs if you fiddle with the settings... (or take a compass!).