Which municipality will you vote for?

As every year for the past 15 years, France Télévisions has offered French people the opportunity to elect their favorite town from among 14 choices (one per region and one for Overseas Territories), as part of the program “The favorite village of the French”. For this 2026 edition, voting is open to the public* until Friday March 6. The winner will be announced during the broadcast of the show on France 3, scheduled for early summer.

Discover the 14 selected sites

Discover the 14 selected sites.

• Marcolès, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Founded in the 12th century, this fortified city is located on the borders of Cantal and Aveyron. It is known for its artisan clog makers and blacksmiths.

• Nolay, Burgundy-Franche-Comté

This Burgundian village was built on an ancient Gallo-Roman site. Long an agricultural and commercial crossroads, the town still has its 600-year-old market halls.

This town on the Breton coast has nine beaches, a marina and numerous cobbled and flowery streets.

• La Ferté-Vidame, Centre-Val de Loire

This village is located in the heart of the Perche Regional Park. It has several monuments, including a pretty baroque church and the remains of an old castle built in the 16th century.

In the heart of Haute-Corse, this village nestles on the hills of Castagniccia. Its cobbled streets lead, among other things, to the Sainte-Croix chapel and the Saint-Martin collegiate church.

• Dambach-la-Ville, Grand Est

In the Piedmont of the Vosges, this town is considered to be the largest wine-growing village in Alsace. Already in the 18th century, cooperage supported a quarter of the population.

In the heart of the Amazon forest in Guyana, the village of Cacao was founded by Hmong refugees at the end of the 1970s. It is today one of the main market garden suppliers on the island.

• Chaumont-en-Vexin, Hauts-de-France

Marked by a strong medieval heritage, this city is made up of picturesque streets. People also come here for the former Récollets convent, the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, and a plane tree classified as a Historic Monument.

• Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Île-de-France

In the heart of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse, this stone village was built around its castle built in the 17th century by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, the architect of the Palace of Versailles.

• Blangy-le-Château, Normandy

Nicknamed “the little Rome of Calvados”, this typical commune of the Pays d’Auge is home to several springs. Among half-timbered houses and brick buildings, it has preserved its old wheat mill built in 1150.

• The Fleet, New Aquitaine

It is one of the oldest towns on the Ile de Ré. Today, the city is known for its port which was already used as anchorage in modern times, and for its old market created in 1804.

• Saint-Martin-de-Londres, Occitanie

Old medieval fortifications, Romanesque church, century-old plane trees… Nestled at the foot of the Saint-Loup peak, in Languedoc, this city has preserved several buildings from the Middle Ages.

• Saulges, Pays-de-la-Loire

This town is recognized for its historic cavities and in particular for the Margot cave and its limestone rooms. Classified as a Historic Monument, it presents very old drawings of animals.

• Bormes-les-Mimosas, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Founded in the 12th century and perched at an altitude of 145 meters, this medieval town features colorful houses and the Château des Seigneurs de Fos, one of the oldest monuments in lower Provence.

Cities that have a soul

This selection is made each year by several actors: the production of the show, the France Télévisions group and Stéphane Bern. “We are not a strict selection committee,” explains Silvia Drumond, the producer. Generally, we go out into the field. We’re investigating. And we propose municipalities that caught our attention. »

However, certain criteria are expected: “we are looking for villages that have a unique soul and history,” specifies Anne Plantard, the editor-in-chief of the program. They must be maintained, flowered, and there must be no work. Then, we try to represent a diverse panel, between seaside, mountain and countryside sites. »

A French affection

“We feel that viewers are very attached to the villages,” notes Anne Plantard. These are small, reassuring and peaceful communities. » Each edition, the show receives more than 40,000 votes: “the choices are generally sentimental or nostalgic,” notes Silvia Drumond. Everyone’s vote is often linked to childhood memories, vacation spots or places to live. »

The show soon to be broadcast on France 3, which usually attracts nearly 2 million viewers, will present 14 reports – one for each municipality. She will then announce the village which will win this symbolic label. Until then, which of them will you carry to victory?