The most beautiful villages in France

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The most beautiful villages in France ( French Les plus beaux villages de France ) is a cultural tourism award in France .

The association was founded in 1982 by Charles Ceyrac, then mayor of Collonges-la-Rouge in Corrèze , to promote tourism in small rural communities with a rich historical heritage. With this aim, it awards French communities the label Les plus beaux villages de France . In the founding year, the mayors of 66 municipalities joined the initiative. Currently (as of 2014) there are 157 places in 21 French regions and 66 departments in the list.

In order to ensure quality, the association has imposed strict criteria on the selection of the villages. A place wishing to be included in the list of the most beautiful villages in France cannot have more than 2000 inhabitants and must have a protected zone or listed buildings.

Following the French model, similar initiatives arose in 1994 in Wallonia ( Les plus beaux villages de Wallonie ), in 1997 in Québec ( Les plus beaux villages du Québec ), in 2001 in Italy ( I borghi più belli d'Italia ) and 2015 in Switzerland ( The Most Beautiful Swiss Villages ). The international umbrella organization Les plus beaux villages de la Terre, based in Collonges-la-Rouge, has united the various national organizations since 2003 .

List of the most beautiful villages in France

Salers , Großer Platz and old bailiwick
Pérouges
Yvoire on the south bank of Lake Geneva

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

In the Ain department

In the Allier department:

In the Ardèche department

In the Cantal department:

In the Drôme department

In the Haute-Loire department:

In the Isère department

In the Loire department

In the Puy-de-Dôme department:

In the Rhône department

In the Savoie department

In the Haute-Savoie department

Flavigny-sur-Ozerain , gate in the castle wall.
Baume-les-Messieurs

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

In the Côte-d'Or department

In the Doubs department

In the Haute-Saône department

In the Jura department

In the Saône-et-Loire department

In the Yonne department

Houses on the church and market square in Locronan

Brittany

In the Côtes-d'Armor department

In the Finistère department

In the Ille-et-Vilaine department

In the Morbihan department

Apremont-sur-Allier

Center-Val de Loire

In the Cher department

In the Indre department

In the Indre-et-Loire department

In the Loir-et-Cher department

In the Loiret department

Half-timbered alley in Eguisheim
Notre-Dame Chapel, Rodemack

Grand Est

In the Bas-Rhin department

In the Haut-Rhin department

In the Moselle department

Hauts-de-France

In the Aisne department

In the Oise department

Île-de-France

In the Val-d'Oise department

Corsica

In the Corse-du-Sud department

In the Haute-Corse department

Normandy

In the Calvados department:

In the Eure department

In the department of Manche:

In the Orne department:

The Dordogne at Beynac-et-Cazenac
Dordogne, view upstream on La Roque-Gageac
Collonges la Rouge in the Corrèze department
Ars-en-Ré

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

In the Charente department

In the Charente-Maritime department

In the Corrèze department

In the Dordogne department:

In the Haute-Vienne department

In the Lot-et-Garonne department:

In the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department:

In the Vienne department

Belcastel in the Aveyron department
Conques
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
Sainte-Enimie on the Tarn
Bruniquel

Occitania

In the Ariège department

In the Aude department

In the Aveyron department

In the Gard department

In the Gers department

In the Hérault department

In the Lot department

In the Lozère department

In the Pyrénées-Orientales department

In the Tarn department

In the Tarn-et-Garonne department

Montsoreau , Maine-et-Loire

Pays de la Loire

In the Maine-et-Loire department

In the Mayenne department

In the Vendée department

Gourdon seen from a distance
Gordes

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

In the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

In the Alpes-Maritimes department

In the Bouches-du-Rhône department

In the Hautes-Alpes department

In the Var

In the Vaucluse department

Reunion

In the Réunion department

See also

Web links

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