Our Blog - Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

There is an organization, that was created in 1982, with a goal to protect and promote the remarkable heritage of exceptional communities within France. It started with a book from the Mayor of Collonges-la-Rouge and has morphed into a list of 158 villages in 14 regions and 70 departments within France. They have a good website (https://www.les-plus-beaux-villages-de-france.org/fr/) where you can see all of them, search by Department or Region, or look at them based on categories, such as Romantic Stays, Seaside, Religious Heritage, Wine/Gastronomy, and Castles & ramparts. We have pulled the list (as of 2019) and removed the ones that are in the DOMs (Departments overseas) to limit to just "mainland" France. I have them below in alphabetical order (in you just want to see them), and as we go to them, the links will be added to go to our blog page for that specific village.