title: decode a string to recognize french characters
body: <p>how to decode a string to recognize french characters in python
  example 'Pneus Ã©tÃ©' should be like 'Pneus été'</p>
  
  <p>I tried this but it appears that does not work</p>
  
  <pre><code>var ='Pneus Ã©tÃ©'
  print(var.decode('utf-8'))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>this is my original code:</strong> </p>
  
  <pre><code>from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
  import os
  import math
  import requests 
  import pandas as pd
  import helpers
  import os
  if __name__== '__main__':
      soup = BeautifulSoup(open(os.getcwd()+"/Desktop/Pneus auto _ Michelin FR.html"), 'html.parser')
      tyre_category = soup.find_all('div', class_='tyre')
      for category in tyre_category:
          tyre_name = category.img['alt']
          tyre_season = category.find('span', class_='season-icon')['title']
          url_for_tyre_details = category.find('a', class_='tyre-detail')['href']
  
          print(tyre_name, tyre_season, url_for_tyre_details, sep=",")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>OUTPUT:</p>
  
  <pre><code>MICHELIN Primacy 4,Pneus Ã©tÃ©,https://www.michelin.fr/pneus/michelin-primacy-4
  MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4,Pneus Ã©tÃ©,https://www.michelin.fr/pneus/michelin-pilot-sport-4
  MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S,Pneus Ã©tÃ©,https://www.michelin.fr/pneus/michelin-pilot-sport-4-s
  MICHELIN Pilot Sport Cup 2,Pneus Ã©tÃ©,https://www.michelin.fr/pneus/michelin-pilot-sport-cup-2
  MICHELIN CrossClimate+,toutes saisons,https://www.michelin.fr/pneus/michelin-crossclimateplus
  MICHELIN Alpin 6,Pneus Hiver,https://www.michelin.fr/pneus/michelin-alpin-6
  MICHELIN Pilot Alpin 5,Pneus Hiver,https://www.michelin.fr/pneus/michelin-pilot-alpin-5
  MICHELIN Pilot Alpin PA4,Pneus Hiver,https://www.michelin.fr/pneus/michelin-pilot-alpin-pa4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><em>please note that the variable <strong>tyre_season</strong> get's printed like this 'Pneus Ã©tÃ©' and i wanted to be like that 'Pneus été'</em></p>