<span style="color: #222222;">Former French President Jacques Chirac's family bade him a final farewell today at an intimate ceremony in the southwestern village where he grew up. Born in Paris, Chirac died aged 86 on September 26.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Among those attending his funeral was former Socialist president Francois Hollande, who was a political rival of Chirac. He was then laid to rest at a cemetery at Montparnasse in Paris. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Dozens of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, last Monday paid their final respects at a funeral service in Paris alongside dignitaries including former US president Bill Clinton. </span><br />''