We recently asked Connexion readers for the French place names they find difficult or impossible to pronounce.
Suggestions included Cunlhat (Puy-de-Dôme), Clermont-Pouyguillès (Gers) , Ouilly-du-Houley (Calvados), Marquixanes (Pyrénées-Orientales), Houeillès (Lot-et-Garonne), Fouesnant (Finistère), Caen (Calvados) and Pineuilh (Gironde).
Read more: Updated: Houeillès, Reims: Which is the hardest French place to say?
We have created a map of these places so that you can make sure to visit them and give pronouncing their name a go when you are next in the area.
Below is a searchable version of the map.
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