Girl from French town (5)
I believe the answer is:
nancy
'girl from french town' is the definition.
'Nancy' can be an answer for 'girl'. I'm not certain of the 'from french town' bit.
'girl from french town' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Nan' (Nan can be short for Nancy or Anne).
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'french town' becomes 'cy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nan'+'cy'='NANCY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nancy that I've seen before include "Dickensian murder victim - city in northeast France" , "No Man" , "in Oliver?" , "Birthplace of Edmond de Goncourt" , "one of the Mitford sisters" .)