List of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
(courtesy of Wikipedia)
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") is an independent association, created in 1982, which aims to promote assets of small and picturesque French villages of quality heritage. As of 2008, 152 villages in France have been labelled as the "Plus Beaux Villages de France".
There are a few criteria before entering the association: the population of the village must not exceed 2,000 inhabitants, there must be at least 2 protected areas (picturesque or legendary sites, or sites of scientific, artistic or historic interest), and the decision to candidate must be taken by the town council.
Alsace
- Bas-Rhin
- Haut-Rhin
- Eguisheim
- Hunawihr
- Riquewihr
Aquitaine
- Dordogne
- Belvès
- Beynac-et-Cazenac
- Domme
- La Roque-Gageac
- Limeuil
- Monpazier
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly
- Saint-Jean-de-Côle
- Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère
- Lot-et-Garonne
- Monflanquin
- Pujols-le-Haut (commune of Pujols)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Ainhoa
- La Bastide-Clairence
- Sare
Auvergne
- Allier
- Cantal
- Haute-Loire
- Arlempdes
- Blesle
- Lavaudieu
- Pradelles
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Montpeyroux
- Saint-Floret
- Saint-Saturnin
- Usson
Bourgogne
- Côte-d'Or
- Châteauneuf-en-Auxois
- Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
- Saône-et-Loire
- Yonne
Bretagne
- Finistère
- Le Faou
- Île-de-Sein
- Locronan
- Ille-et-Vilaine
Centre
- Cher
- Indre
- Gargilesse-Dampierre
- Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
- Indre-et-Loire
- Candes-Saint-Martin
- Crissay-sur-Manse
- Montrésor
- Loir-et-Cher
- Loiret
Corse
Franche-Comté
- Doubs
- Haute-Saône
- Jura
- Baume-les-Messieurs
- Château-Chalon
Île-de-France
Languedoc-Roussillon
- Aude
- Gard
- Aiguèze
- La Roque-sur-Cèze
- Hérault
- Minerve
- Olargues
- Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
- Lozère
- La Garde-Guérin (commune of Prévenchères)
- Sainte-Enimie
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Castelnou
- Eus
- Évol (commune of Olette-Évol)
- Mosset
- Villefranche-de-Conflent
Limousin
- Corrèze
- Collonges-la-Rouge
- Curemonte
- Saint-Robert
- Ségur-le-Château
- Treignac
- Turenne
- Haute-Vienne
Lorraine
Midi-Pyrénées
- Ariège
- Aveyron
- Belcastel
- Brousse-le-Château
- Conques
- La Couvertoirade
- Estaing
- Najac
- Peyre (commune of Comprégnac)
- Saint-Côme-d'Olt
- Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt
- Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
- Haute-Garonne
- Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
- Gers
- Fourcès
- Larressingle
- Montréal-du-Gers
- Sarrant
- Lot
- Autoire
- Cardaillac
- Carennac
- Loubressac
- Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
- Tarn
- Castelnau-de-Montmiral
- Lautrec
- Monestiés
- Puycelci-Grésigne
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Auvillar
- Bruniquel
- Lauzerte
Basse-Normandie
Haute-Normandie
- Eure
- Le Bec-Hellouin
- Lyons-la-Forêt
Pays de la Loire
Picardie
Poitou-Charentes
- Charente
- Charente-Maritime
- Ars-en-Ré
- La Flotte-en-Ré
- Mornac-sur-Seudre
- Talmont-sur-Gironde
- Deux-Sèvres
- Vienne
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Coaraze
- Gourdon
- Sainte-Agnès
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Hautes-Alpes
- La Grave-la-Meije
- Saint-Véran
- Var
- Bargème
- Gassin
- Seillans
- Tourtour
- Vaucluse
- Ansouis
- Gordes
- Lourmarin
- Ménerbes
- Roussillon
- Séguret
- Venasque
Rhône-Alpes
- Ain
- Ardèche
- Drôme
- La Garde-Adhémar
- Mirmande
- Montbrun-les-Bains
- Le Poët-Laval
- Haute-Savoie
- Loire
- Rhône
- Savoie
Outre-mer
- Réunion
- Hell-Bourg (commune of Salazie)
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