Towns and Villages in Bloom

The “Towns and villages in bloom” label is one of the markers of the tourist attractiveness of a territory. In Rambouillet Territoires, 5 municipalities are certified.

What is the “Villes et Villages Fleuris” label?

The label rewards the commitment of municipalities to improve the quality of life and the overall attractiveness strategy implemented through landscape, plants and flowers.

The criteria assess:
– The overall approach to municipal development.
– Actions to facilitate and promote this approach to the population, visitors and stakeholders who may be concerned.
– The presentation of plant heritage and flowering.
– The management methods put in place to maintain this heritage while respecting natural resources and biodiversity. 
– Additional actions implemented to promote the quality of public space (heritage, furniture, roads, facades, signs, cleanliness, etc.).
– The coherence of landscaping and its management according to the different places of the municipality.

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Towns and villages in bloom Rambouillet

Rambouillet – 3 flowers

The town of Rambouillet has just been confirmed at the 3 flower level, by one of the regional juries of the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom. This 20-year longevity at this level of requirement testifies to the continuous efforts made by the city to preserve and improve the living environment, to act in favor of landscaping and to highlight the heritage.

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Towns and Villages in bloom Ablis

Ablis – 3 flowers

Ablis is awarded 3 flowers in the “Villes et villages fleuris” competition. To offer the Ablisiens a pleasant living environment, and enhance the attractiveness of the now small town, particular attention has been paid to the development of the urban space: flowering, planting of trees and shrubs, homogenization of the urban furniture. Ablis' participation in the competition was a powerful incentive to always do better and to enter the virtuous circle of an environmentally friendly practice.

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Towns and villages in bloom Les Essarts

Les Essarts-le-Roi – 1 flower

It distinguishes the daily work of municipal agents to make Essarts-le-Roi a pleasant and flowery commune. It also promotes the implementation of techniques that preserve the environment, promote biodiversity and allow thoughtful management of resources, in particular water, while integrating regulatory and meteorological constraints.

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Towns and villages in bloom Raizeux

Raizeux – 1 flower

Here, the bucolic countryside coexists with the human use of public spaces and highlights the typical architecture of this small piece of Île-de-France. With a delicate and careful approach to flowering, Raizeux can make its natural living environment the cradle of a new impressionism.

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Boinville-le-Gaillard

Boinville-le-Gaillard – 1 flower

After having obtained the 5 petals of the departmental competition Boinville-le-Gaillard was awarded the first flower by the jury of the Île-de-France Region. The theme focused on the village entrances and the choice was made to evoke the presence there, 200 years ago, of two Beauce windmills by the construction of their reduced and flowery versions.

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