+1 on Bobduro's advice, you can often get a place in a field/garden if you ask nicely in rural communities. One thing is to head for the busiest looking bar with the most tractors parked nearby. A useful phrase is
"Avez-vous un peu d'espace dans un champ ou je peux mettre un tente?"
I've asked on plenty of occasions and usually been lucky and sometimes been treated like a long lost relative and eaten with the family, used their showers and even had breakfast brought to my tent in the morning.
Also check out Couchsurfing if you haven't already. There's a couple of good bikers' groups, regional groups and also fairly new a bunch of rural couchsurfing groups. Well worth having a peak at even if it's just to get advice and maybe the odd contact for coffees or emergencies.
And if your looking for the municipal campsites in France head for either the "Mairie" or the "Hotel de Ville", the town hall basically. They should be able to help.
Oh and if you're coming through Brittany let me know.
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