14 entries for 2018's Village préféré des Français

The 14 entries for the seventh annual contest to find Le village préféré des Français have been unveiled - with villages from all 13 metropolitan regions and one from La Réunion vying for the title won last year by Kaysersberg, in Alsace .

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The popular France 2 programme is presented, as usual, by Stéphane Bern, who looks at the heritage, gastronomy, crafts and conviviality that mark out each of the villages, as they compete for the title.

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Here are images from the 14 competing venues - which one would get your vote?:

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Mirmande, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

La Couvertoirade, Occitanie

Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandie

Roussillon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Yèvre-le-Châtel, Centre-Val de Loire

Mittelbergheim, Grand Est

Semur-en-Brionnais, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Monpazier, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cassel, Hauts-de-France

Lama, Corse

Asnières sur Vègre, Pays de la Loire

Île-de-Sein, Bretagne

Janvry, Ile-de-France

Hell-Bourg, La Réunion (Outremer)

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