Even villages in the countryside of France are judged in Le village préféré des Français ("French people's favorite village") ...

The results are out for the 2025 poll to find France's favourite village - from fortified hilltop settlements in wine country ...

NO, this isn’t the fictional town from Beauty and the Beast, it’s a real and charming village that you can actually visit.

NAOURS might look like your classic French village, but underneath is a labyrinth of secret tunnels. There are around 300 chambers beneath the surface that have since become a popular tourist attra… ...

So vital are France’s rural bistros to the survival of the villages that they serve that an application to recognize them on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list will soon be underway.