Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie

Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie , information sign

Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie ( the most beautiful villages in Wallonia ) is a non-profit organization in Belgium that was founded in 1994 on the basis of the French association Les plus beaux villages de France . There are currently 31 villages in Wallonia that bear this label (August 2019).

Basic requirements for admission to this association are:

• The village must show a rural character.
• There must be at least one object in the village that is under monument protection
• The village must have an architectural and urban development heritage of recognizable value, which is determined by the criteria laid down for this purpose
• The administration and / or the local associations of the village must show the will to take care of the village heritage through concrete actions.

The objectives of the association are:

• The authenticity to preserve the village
• The elaboration of a permanent development plan
• To strengthen the network of the villages classified as valuable heritage and to promote their common presentation to the outside world
• To have the preservation of the characteristics of these typical villages guaranteed by various authorities

List of villages

Hainaut Province Aubechies , Belœil parish Barbençon , Beaumont municipality Lompret , city of Chimay Montignies-sur-Roc , municipality of Honelles Ragnies , town of Thuin Liege Province Clermont-sur-Berwinne , municipality of Thimister-Clermont Limbourg My , municipality of Ferrières Olne Soiron , Parish of Pepinster Luxembourg Province Chassepierre , Florenville Parish Mirwart , parish of Saint-Hubert Nobressart , Attert parish Ny , Hotton parish Our , Paliseul parish Sohier , Wellin Parish Torgny , Rouvroy parish Wéris , City of Durbuy

Namur Province Celles , Houyet municipality Chardeneux , municipality of Somme-Leuze Crupet , Assesse Parish Fagnolle , parish of Philippeville Falaën , Onhaye Parish Gros-Fays , municipality of Bièvre Laforêt , municipality of Vresse-sur-Semois Mozet , Gesves parish Sosoye , parish of Anhée Soulme , municipality of Doische Thon-Samson , Andenne Parish Vierves-sur-Viroin , municipality of Viroinval Walloon Brabant Province Mélin , Jodoigne municipality

literature

• Michel Colinet: The most beautiful villages in the south of Belgium , Grenz-Echo Verlag, Eupen, Belgium, ISBN 978-90-5433-195-7

Web links

Commons : Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie , website of the organization (fr, en, nl)
• Les plus beaux villages de Wallonie , TV report from RTBF , the public television for the French-speaking parts of Belgium (fr)
• Votre village est-il l'un des plus beaux de Wallonie? , Article in the online presence of RTBF (fr)
• Belgium: The beauties of Wallonia , online article at Spiegel Online , Hamburg (de)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Belgium: The Beauties of Wallonia , article in Spiegel Online of July 4th, 2002, accessed on August 26th, 2019
2. ↑ Le réseau s'agrandit! My, village nouvellement labeled! , Article on the website of Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie (fr), accessed on August 26, 2019