Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie (French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

; in English: "The Most Beautiful Villages of Wallonia") is a non-profit organisation formed in 1994 to promote, protect and develop a number of village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

s in Wallonia, Belgium

Belgium

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The association is inspired by the organisation Les plus beaux villages de France

Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Les Plus Beaux Villages de France is an independent association, created in 1982, which aims to promote assets of small and picturesque French villages of quality heritage...

and is established as an ASBL in Belgium.

The villages which are members of the association are:
Aubechies, Celles

Celles, Houyet

Celles is a village in the municipality of Houyet in the province of Namur, Belgium.It is a member of the heritage group Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie ....

, Chardeneux, Clermont-sur-Berwinne, Crupet

Crupet

Crupet is a village in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Assesse, although formerly it was itself a municipality.It is a member of the organisation Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie .The centre of the village is dominated by the Grotto of St Anthony of Padua...

, Deigné, Fagnolle, Falaën, Laforêt

Laforêt

Laforêt is a village in the municipality of Vresse-sur-Semois, in Belgium.It was a municipality itself until 1965 when it merged with the municipality of Vresse. In the fusion of the municipalities in 1977, it became part of the Vresse-sur-Semois municipality.It is one of the villages in the...

, Lompret, Mélin

Melin

Melin is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...

, Mozet, Nobressart

Nobressart

Nobressart is a village in Luxembourg Province, in southern Belgium. It was previously a municipality itself, but is now part of the municipality of Attert. Nearby is the source of the Attert River....

, Ny, Olne

Olne

Olne is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Olne had a total population of 3,793. The total area is 15.99 km² which gives a population density of 237 inhabitants per km²....

, Ragnies, Sohier, Soiron, Sosoye

Sosoye

Sosoye is a village in Anhée, Namur Province, Belgium. Sosoye lies in the valley of the Molignée and had 151 inhabitants in 2007....

, Soulme, Thon-Samson, Torgny, Vierves-sur-Viroin and Wéris

Wéris

Wéris is a village in the municipality of Durbuy in Wallonia, Belgium. The village of Oppagne is part of Wéris.It is well known for its megaliths, including dolmens and menhirs. There is a "Museum of Megaliths" in the centre of the village...

. The villages are selected based on their rural nature, listed buildings, architectural heritage and will of the inhabitants and municipal officials.

Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie organises events such as Un Dimanche, un Beau Village, (one Sunday, one beautiful village) where one village is highlighted and promoted each week, and activities take place to allow visitors to explore the culture and heritage of the village.