page_title: Concours des villes et villages fleuris
hierarchical_section_title: Concours des villes et villages fleuris
caption_attribution_description: English: The supreme distinction of Four Flowers in the Competition of cities and flowery villages awarded in Le Vésinet Yvelines department, France. Français&#160;: La distinction suprême des Quatre Fleurs au Concours des villes et villages fleuris décernée au Vésinet dans les Yvelines en France.
context_page_description: The Concours des villes et villages fleuris is a contest organized annually in France which aims to encourage communes to adopt and implement policies that improve the quality of life of their inhabitants and enhance their attractiveness to visitors through the provision and maintenance of green spaces and the enhancement of their natural environments. Successful communes are awarded the right to display a badge on road signs and in other local promotional material.
  The competition was created in 1959 by the French state and it is administered by a distinct national committee since 1972. This committee is still linked to the Ministry of Tourism. All the French communes can take part and there are no application fees. There is not any limitation to the number of awarded communes, so they are not in competition between each other.
  The label comprises four awards: one, two, three or four flowers, according to the efforts of the municipality. Each award is given according to strict criteria. The "Fleur d'Or" is a special prize awarded to a small number of applicants. Labelled communes display their flowers on road signs at their entrances.
context_section_description: The Concours des villes et villages fleuris ("towns and villages in bloom competition") is a contest organized annually in France which aims to encourage communes to adopt and implement policies that improve the quality of life of their inhabitants and enhance their attractiveness to visitors through the provision and maintenance of green spaces and the enhancement of their natural environments. Successful communes are awarded the right to display a badge (showing from one to four flowers) on road signs and in other local promotional material.
  The competition was created in 1959 by the French state and it is administered by a distinct national committee since 1972. This committee is still linked to the Ministry of Tourism. All the French communes can take part and there are no application fees. There is not any limitation to the number of awarded communes, so they are not in competition between each other.
  The label comprises four awards: one, two, three or four flowers, according to the efforts of the municipality. Each award is given according to strict criteria. The "Fleur d'Or" (golden flower) is a special prize awarded to a small number of applicants. Labelled communes display their flowers on road signs at their entrances.
  There are some 4,931 awarded cities, towns and villages (2018). 257 of them have four flowers.
caption: Sign in Le Vésinet (4 flowers).
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