If we’re used to introducing you to charming charming villages villages popular with painters or bucolic bucolic villages perfectly suited to walks, we’re talking to you today about a completely different type of village… The train takes you two hours south-west to Castelmoron-d’Albret, whose surface area of 0.0354 km2 makes it the smallest commune in France!
Two hours by train from Paris lies France’s smallest village
France boasts some 37,000 communes, making it the European country with the most towns and villages within its borders. And while some of the world’s leading cities are dozens of square kilometers in size and have populations in the millions, some of the smaller, lesser-known ones are well worth a closer look.
In the unusual category, we have the communes of Léménil-Mitry, Majastres and Rochefourchat, with 4, 2 and 1 inhabitants respectively. But in terms of surface area, it’s the small town of Castelmoron-d’Albret the smallest village in France.
Located in Gironde, near Bordeaux, Castelmoron-d’Albret is the pride and joy of its 53 inhabitants, who share its 3.54-hectare surface area. These figures equate to a population density of 1,325 inhabitants per square kilometer, which is higher than the national average. Take a stroll through the few streets that make up the village, and you’ll imagine the tranquility of this small Gironde town.
Rounding out the top 5 smallest villages in France are Campile, Casanova and Albertacce, all in Haute-Corse, and Vaudherland in Val d’Oise.
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