Cities of art and history

National tourism labels and listed destinations

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The designation Ville d'art et d'histoire is a national label awarded by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication to cities and towns with a rich heritage which pursue an active policy to stimulate and develop their heritage and architecture and adopt measures to raise inhabitants' and visitors' awareness of their heritage. The following cities, towns and villages are labelled Cities of art and history:

ALSACE
	Guebwiller	Mulhouse

AQUITAINE
	Bordeaux Oloron-Sainte-Marie	Périgueux Sarlat-la-Canéda

AUVERGNE
	Billom Issoire Le Puy-en-Velay Moulins	Riom Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne Saint-Flour

BRITTANY
	Concarneau Dinan Dinard Fougères Lorient	Morlaix Quimper Rennes Vannes Vitré

BURGUNDY
	Autun Auxerre Chalon-sur-Saône	Dijon Joigny Nevers

CENTRE
	Blois Bourges Chinon Loches	Orléans Tours Vendôme

CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE
	Châlons-en-Champagne Langres Reims	Sedan Troyes

CORSICA
	Bastia	Sartène

FRANCHE-COMTÉ
	Besançon Dole	Montbéliard

ILE-DE-FRANCE
	Boulogne-Billancourt Étampes Meaux Noisiel	Pontoise Rambouillet Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
	Beaucaire Lodève Mende Narbonne	Nîmes Perpignan Pézenas Uzès

LIMOUSIN
	Limoges

LORRAINE
	Bar-le-Duc

LOWER NORMANDY
	Coutances	Valognes

MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
	Cahors Figeac	Millau Montauban

NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS
	Boulogne-sur-Mer Cambrai Lens Liévin	Lille Roubaix Saint-Omer

OVERSEAS
	Basse-Terre Pointe-à-Pitre	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Saint-Pierre

PAYS DE LA LOIRE
	Angers Fontenay-le-Comte Guérande Laval	Le Mans Nantes Saumur

PICARDY
	Amiens Chantilly Laon	Noyon Saint-Quentin Soissons

POITOU-CHARENTES
	Angoulême Confolens Melle Montmorillon Parthenay	Poitiers Rochefort Saintes Thouars

PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZUR
	Arles Briançon Carpentras	Fréjus Grasse Menton

RHÔNE-ALPES
	Albertville Annecy Chambéry Paladru	Saint-Étienne Valence Vienne

UPPER NORMANDY
	Dieppe Elbeuf Fécamp	Le Havre Rouen