FAVORITE VILLAGE OF THE FRENCH. The 11th edition of the “Favorite Village of the French” will crown a village among the 14 candidates from all regions of France. At what time and on what date?
[Mis à jour le 29 juin 2023 à 13h41] 14 French villages (13 in France metropolitan area, 1 in Overseas) are in competition for the 11th and latest edition of the program “Favorite village of the French” broadcast on France 3 and presented by Stéphane Bern. “The favorite village of the French” of this year 2023 will be announced this Friday, June 30, 2023 at 9:10 p.m. on France 3.
14 villages in mainland France and overseas have been selected to represent the charm of the French regions. Discover the candidates in pictures:
The votes were open from Monday February 20 at 8 a.m. to Friday March 10, 2023 at 11:59 p.m., the date of the election of the “Favorite Village of the French”. Viewers could vote for their favorite village among the 14 in the running, by telephone on 3245, by typing the number of the village (from 1 to 14). The vote will be made public during the 11th edition of the program presented by Stéphane Bern on France 3, this Friday, June 30, 2023.
Discover below the list of all the winners of the “Favorite Village of the French”, year after year, since the year 2022 to the start of the show in 2012:
- 2022: Bergheim (Great East)
- 2021: Sancerre (Centre-Loire Valley)
- 2020: Hunspach (Great East)
- 2019: Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (Normandy)
- 2018: Kassel (Hauts-de-France)
- 2017: Kaysersberg (Great East)
- 2016: Rochefort-en-Terre (Brittany)
- 2015: Ploumanac’h (Brittany)
- 2014: Cordes-sur-Ciel (Occitania)
- 2013: Eguisheim (Great East)
- 2012: Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (Occitania)
The winner of the previous edition of the “Favorite Village of the French” was Bergheim in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. The brightly colored winegrowing city, its 2-kilometre ramparts around the village, its narrow winding streets, its pretty half-timbered houses and its geraniums on the balcony seduced viewers. Check it out, along with photos of past winners, in our slideshow below:
The media exposure to which the candidate villages are subject has certain repercussions in terms of tourist numbers. “The real wealth of these territories are also the people who live and work there. We value the territories by showing the material heritage, with the buildings, and immaterial like the local specialties” underlined Stéphane Bern to Paris Match. Each summer following the broadcast of the program, the increase in attendance is clear for each village, even for those who find themselves at the end of the ranking.