Partner companies

The association enjoys the financial and technical support of 3 companies, each of which are positioned on one of the drivers underpinning its strategy.

			Electricité De France (the French electricity board) helps villages to have access to funding specifically earmarked for burying power lines. This is a major initiative to improve the aesthetic appearance of a village, a criterion that always applies to each new village listed.
			A publisher of international standing, Sélection du Reader’s Digest has been the association’s longstanding partner ever since the President and founder of the association, Charles Ceyrac, discovered the album about the 100 Most Beautiful Villages of France. The company still publishes the guidebook, the album and DVDs for the association today.
			A subsidiary of Suez, Sdei more specifically supports the association’s development procedure.

Local authority partners

Alongside the Départements of Corrèze, Drôme, Hautes-Alpes, Haute-Loire, Hérault, Loire, Moselle, Oise, Orne and Vaucluse that contribute to the running of the association by granting subsidies, several local authorities allocate technical and financial aid directly to the villages as part of specific programmes.

			Since 1995, and as part of the "Cités auvergnates de caractère" programme, which is particular in that it only applies to the villages in its region that are members of the Association "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France", the Auvergne Regional Council gives technical and financial support to 11 villages so they can carry out their restoration, development and improvement projects.
			Like the Auvergne, the Lorraine Regional Council devotes an aid programme to the villages of Rodemack (Moselle) and Saint-Quirin (Moselle)
			Along similar lines, the Pyrénées-Orientales Departmental Council helps the villages of Castelnou, Eus, Evol, Mosset and Villefranche-de-Conflent to carry on their efforts with respect to quality and development.