diff --git a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f661f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{{- /*
+  -- Based on the Hugo embedded sitemap template (v0.121.2).
+  --
+  -- The english articles published as-is in the french site are excluded
+  -- from the sitemap and from the list of alternates, since they are
+  -- duplicates of the original articles.
+  */ -}}
+{{ printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
+<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
+  xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+  {{ range $page := .Data.Pages }}
+    {{- partial "lang-detection.html" . -}}
+    {{- if and .Permalink (not (.Scratch.Get "en_article_in_fr_site")) -}}
+  <url>
+    <loc>{{ .Permalink }}</loc>{{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}
+    <lastmod>{{ safeHTML ( .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" ) }}</lastmod>{{ end }}{{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}
+    <changefreq>{{ . }}</changefreq>{{ end }}{{ if ge .Sitemap.Priority 0.0 }}
+    <priority>{{ .Sitemap.Priority }}</priority>{{ end }}{{ with partial "real-translations.html" . }}{{ range . }}
+    <xhtml:link
+                rel="alternate"
+                hreflang="{{ .Language.LanguageCode }}"
+                href="{{ .Permalink }}"
+                />{{ end }}
+    <xhtml:link
+                rel="alternate"
+                hreflang="{{ $page.Language.LanguageCode }}"
+                href="{{ $page.Permalink }}"
+                />{{ end }}
+  </url>
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{ end }}
+</urlset>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index 9721db1..a54f132 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@
 
 <!-- Deal with the case of english articles published in the french site -->
 {{- partial "lang-detection.html" . -}}
-{{- if .IsTranslated -}}
-{{- range .Translations -}}
 {{- if .Scratch.Get "en_article_in_fr_site" -}}
 <!--
   -- It's an english article published in the french site
@@ -101,12 +99,21 @@
   --
   -- See https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/consolidate-duplicate-urls
   -->
+{{- range first 1 .Translations }}
 <link rel="canonical" href="{{ .Permalink }}">
+{{- end }}
 <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
-{{ else }}
-<!-- Otherwise, just link to the available translations, if any. -->
+{{- else -}}
+<!--
+  -- Otherwise, link to the available translations, if any (including the
+  -- current page, as recommended by Google).
+  --
+  -- See https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/localized-versions
+  -->
+{{- with partial "real-translations.html" . -}}
+{{- range . | append $ }}
 <link rel="alternate" hreflang="{{ .Language.Lang }}" href="{{ .Permalink }}" title="{{ .Language.LanguageName }}">
-{{ end -}}
+{{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
diff --git a/layouts/partials/lang-detection.html b/layouts/partials/lang-detection.html
index a196a20..61b21ed 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/lang-detection.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/lang-detection.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{ if and .IsTranslated (eq .Lang "fr") }}
+{{ if and .IsPage .IsTranslated (eq .Lang "fr") }}
   <!-- Try to compare files by SH256 fingerprint. -->
   {{ if and (index .AllTranslations 0).File (index .AllTranslations 1).File }}
     {{ $file0 := readFile (index .AllTranslations 0).File.Filename }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/real-translations.html b/layouts/partials/real-translations.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3614b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/real-translations.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{{- /*
+  -- Returns the translations of a page, excluding the english articles
+  -- published as-is in the french site (they are not real translations).
+  */ -}}
+{{- $translations := slice -}}
+{{- range .Translations -}}
+  {{- partial "lang-detection.html" . -}}
+  {{- if not (.Scratch.Get "en_article_in_fr_site") -}}
+    {{- $translations = $translations | append . -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- return $translations -}}