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Vouvant (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the department of Vendée, in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.. Vouvant is labelled as Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (since 1988), Petites Cités de Caractère, and the village has obtained two flowers out of five in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris.
Road sign in Montrésor. The idea of an association to gather the most beautiful villages of France was born in Collonges-la-Rouge, Corrèze in 1981.Charles Ceyrac, mayor of the village, was inspired by a Reader's Digest book entitled Les Plus Beaux Villages de France which included pictures of Collonges.
[1] [2] Spain also joined later. These territories are represented within The Most Beautiful Villages in the World by the following local associations: France: Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, created in 1982 and comprising 172 villages; [3] Belgium: Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie, created in 1994 and comprising 31 villages; [4]
Roussillon (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Occitan: Rossilhon) is a commune in the Vaucluse department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.
An aerial view of the village of Percé, Quebec, and its famous rock, taken from Mont-Sainte-Anne. The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec (French: Association des plus beaux villages du Québec, pronounced [asɔsjasjɔ̃ de ply bo vilaʒ dy kebɛk]) is an association created in 1997 by Jean-Marie Girardville and inspired from similar associations in France, Belgium, and Italy.
Beynac-et-Cazenac (French pronunciation: [bɛnak e kaznak]; Occitan: Bainac e Casenac) is a village located in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. The medieval Château de Beynac is located in the commune. The village is classified as one of Les plus beaux villages de France (most beautiful villages of France). [3]
It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association. There are half-timbered houses, ashlars, pillars and pinnacles. There are many cobbled lanes and small squares made of chalky and granitic pavements. There are towers surrounded by the river Serein loops. It has retained much of its medieval ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Flavigny-sur-Ozerain ( French pronunciation: [flaviɲi syʁ ozʁɛ̃] ) is a commune in the French department of Côte-d'Or , in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté .