This small French town has joined the prestigious list of “Most beautiful villages in France”.
No need to go abroad to escape. The French territory is full of villages to discover, each more beautiful than the last. Since 1982, the association of “The Most Beautiful Villages of France” has certified the most sublime of them according to precise criteria, promoting often little-known villages and encouraging travelers to discover authentic destinations. These labeled villages are blessed with exceptional landscapes and have managed to preserve their architectural heritage as well as their art of living. In 2024, a Norman village joined the very closed circle of “the most beautiful villages in France” which includes 178 villages spread across 14 regions and 70 French departments.
It is a real journey through time that this town, founded in the 11th century, offers us, which cultivates the typical charm of the villages of the Pays d’Auge. Its bucolic and natural setting in a green and hilly environment as well as its remarkable architecture fascinate its visitors. Among its “nuggets”, the village is home to the remains of a medieval castle which has more than 1,000 years of history, an old pharmacy with magnificent sculpted woodwork, a 16th century inn “Le Coq Hardi”, listed under the Historical Monuments. Strolling through its cobbled streets, you will discover typical Norman cottages, a water mill, an old communal wash house…
This village is nicknamed the “little Rome of Calvados” by lovers of the region, because of its relief and its historical heritage. Just like “The Eternal City”, Blangy-le-Château is surrounded by 7 hills and crossed by two rivers, giving it a particular relief. Its half-timbered, half-timbered houses with 16th century tiled roofse and XVIIIe centuries, its cobbled streets, its numerous religious buildings such as the Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church, evoke the atmosphere of the Roman city, even if it is important to qualify this comparison with this large, much more influential metropolis. and historically rich.
Blangy-le-Château, a small village of 858 souls in Calvados, now has distinctions: labeled “2 Fleurs” in 2021, “Village of character” in 2022, “APIcité” in 2023 and since June 22, 2024, among the ” Most beautiful villages in France”, a distinction which until now only concerned one commune in Calvados: Beuvron-en-Auge. What are you waiting for to go to Blangy-le-Château? Located halfway between Lisieux and Pont-l’Évêque, Blangy-le-Château can be reached in 2 hours by car or train from Paris.