LimogesFire took two-thirds of the 1883 town hall’s exterior.
Interior ministry figures show 550,000 people marched across France over living costs, with 400 arrests.
Witnesses said masked protesters torched a police car, broke windows and set fire inside the town hall.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said most demonstrations stayed peaceful and blamed far-left groups on their fringes.
Mayor Guillaume Guerin has pledged a formal complaint, and officials are still assessing the damage.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 70+ reports worldwide
- Euronews English
- Fox News leans critical
- quotes prefect calling the fire 'a deliberate act by hooligans' and Macron's 'no place for violence' pledge to prosecute, framing it as anti-government unrest
- News18 leans critical
- reports witness accounts that masked protesters torched a police car outside the hall first, then broke windows to enter and set the blaze
- Bangkok Post leans critical
- stresses the municipal employee seen in tears comforted by a councillor as hundreds watched, and notes looting of Limoges shops
- TASS leans critical
- describes the bell tower toppling through the roof and cites mayor Guerin's claim that rioters 'came to kill', visible on security footage
- MoneyControl leans critical
- places Limoges within a nationwide movement of 550,000 protesters, detailing luxury-brand storefront looting in Bordeaux and Marianne bust toppled in Marseille
Sources: Euronews English, Fox News, News18, Bangkok Post, TASS, MoneyControl