Villages and countryside to film in France
8 of them, 4 with a photo and 2 with practical details the location publishes itself. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base.
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Alignements de Carnac
Village & countryside
Neolithic standing stone rows spread over several kilometres of heath and pasture at Carnac, with long straight alignments, enclosures and open sky.
Ecomusee d'Alsace
Village & countryside
Open air museum built from about seventy relocated Alsatian farmhouses, with lanes, a chapel, workshops, a mill and farmyards that together read as a complete pre-industrial village.
Haras National de Lamballe
Village & countryside
State stud farm founded in 1825 in a former army barracks in Lamballe, with stone stable blocks around a courtyard and a riding arena, its own site listing hire for weddings and seminars.
Haras National du Pin
Village & countryside
France's oldest national stud, an 18th-century complex of stables around a formal chateau-style courtyard in the Orne countryside, with an equestrian arena and grounds listed for seminar hire.
Chateau l'Hospitalet
Village & countryside
Wine estate on the La Clape massif near Narbonne, with vineyards, cellars, a hotel and restaurants around a courtyard, hosting its own annual jazz festival and grounds used for private events.
Chateau La Coste
Village & countryside
Organic vineyard estate near Aix-en-Provence with a sculpture trail and pavilions by architects including Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano, a hotel and restaurant, and grounds hired for weddings.
Parc naturel regional de Briere
Village & countryside
Regional park of marshland, reed beds and canals north of Saint-Nazaire, with thatched villages, flat bottomed punts, open water and long horizons.
Parc naturel régional de Camargue
Village & countryside
Rhône delta wetland reserve of lagoons, salt pans and marshland grazed by black bulls and white horses, managed as a regional nature park.
Villages and countryside elsewhere in Europe
Other kinds of location in France
- Theatres, arenas and venues 30
- Industrial and derelict locations 36
- Offices, schools and public buildings 23
- Transport and infrastructure 20
- Film studios and backlots 14
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 15
- Houses and apartments 12
- Hotels and interiors 8
- Castles and estates 14
- Churches and monasteries 10
- Modern architecture 8
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