The far-right National Front will take control of at least 14 French towns with more than 9,000 residents after nationwide local elections Sunday, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said, citing preliminary results. Valls did not list the towns but said "14 to 15" had fallen to the FN. Marine Le Pen, the FN's leader, earlier said she was confident her party had claimed at least eight towns, in addition to one it won in the first round of voting on March 23.