Google Maps in france is up
for instance:
http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&q=Couronne&btnG=Rechercher&meta=
(I spend all my holidays in a family house in La Couronne Bouches du Rhone,that's third choice on Via Michelin)

Has disappeared today....strange
I should have made a screenshot

Merci Pierre. I could definitely see the map icon! Here's my screenshot:
http://blogoscoped.com/files/couronne.jpg