The most beautiful villages in France
The top 3 according to 22 votes from people: Gordes (Vaucluse) · Rocamadour (Lot) · Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (Lot). (Updated Jun 8, 2026.)
Hilltop villages, medieval towns and picturesque ports, most of them labelled 'Most Beautiful Villages of France', selected from the Routard and travel guides.
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Top 15
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Gordes (Vaucluse)
Hilltop Luberon village of dry-stone houses, near Sénanque Abbey and its lavender.
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Rocamadour (Lot)
Religious town clinging to a cliff face, a stop on the Way of St James.
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Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (Lot)
Perched on a cliff above the Lot, voted the French people's favourite village in 2012.
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Beynac-et-Cazenac (Dordogne)
Village below a fortress overlooking the Dordogne valley.
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Collioure (Pyrénées-Orientales)
Catalan port of colourful houses that inspired Matisse and Derain; the French people's favourite village in 2024.
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Eguisheim (Haut-Rhin)
Alsatian village of concentric lanes and flower-decked half-timbered houses.
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Les Baux-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Medieval village on a rocky spur in the Alpilles, home to the Carrières de Lumières.
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Conques (Aveyron)
Camino stop famous for the abbey church of Sainte-Foy and its treasury.
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Riquewihr (Haut-Rhin)
Intact Alsatian wine village behind its ramparts, on the Wine Route.
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Roussillon (Vaucluse)
Village of ochre façades with the Ochre Trail.
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Yvoire (Haute-Savoie)
Flower-filled medieval town on Lake Geneva.
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12
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (Hérault)
Village of golden stone around Gellone Abbey, a UNESCO site.
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13
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Faience village at the edge of the Verdon Gorge, with its star hanging over the cliffs.
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14
Gerberoy (Oise)
Small village of roses and half-timbered houses where the painter Henri Le Sidaner lived.
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Èze (Alpes-Maritimes)
Village perched 429 m above the Mediterranean, with its exotic garden at the top.
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Kaysersberg (Haut-Rhin)
Alsatian village with half-timbered houses at the foot of a ruined castle, voted favorite village of the French in 2017.
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Rochefort-en-Terre (Morbihan)
Flower-filled Breton granite village, the French people's favourite village in 2016.
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Pérouges (Ain)
Fortified medieval town near Lyon, famous for its sugar galette.
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Comments (8)
Gerberoy en juin avec les roses, à ne pas rater 🌹
Rocamadour accroché à sa falaise, impressionnant !
Il manque Kaysersberg et Èze !
Gordes au lever du soleil depuis le belvédère, c'est magique.
Collioure, la lumière qui a tant inspiré Matisse et Derain.
Eguisheim et Riquewihr à Noël avec les marchés, un conte de fées 🎄
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie mérite sa place, élu village préféré des Français en 2012.
Conques et son abbatiale, étape magnifique sur le chemin de Compostelle.