Short answer: Yes, you can.
Long answer: Yes, you can but there are limits.
Sundays and public holidays in France are sacrosanct and there are even limits on the time you can use power tools, including lawnmowers and hedge trimmers so your neighbours can enjoy family and holiday time in peace.
The rules vary from department to department, even from commune to commune - but, in general, you can find a decree with the words - noisy activities, carried out by individuals, such as home improvement, DIY and gardening, using tools or appliances, such as lawnmowers, chainsaws, drills, planers, power saws, air or high-pressure compressors, motor pump for water withdrawal and/or watering, . and likely to affect the tranquillity of the neighbourhood or to human health by their duration, repetition or intensity, may only be carried out outside or inside at the following times. ....