The Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec is an association created in 1997 by Jean-Marie Girardville and inspired from similar associations in France

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. Its objective is to promote the preservation and the enhancement of the architectural and historical heritage of villages in Quebec, as well as the quality of their landscape. As of 2009, it had 37 village members located in 10 different regions.

List of village members

• Cacouna
  Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna, Quebec
  Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna or Cacouna is a village in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River along Route 132....
  
  
• Calixa-Lavallée
  Calixa-Lavallée, Quebec
  Calixa-Lavallée, named for the composer of the same name, is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in the Regional County Municipality of Lajemmerais. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 533.-Population:...
  
  
• Cap-Santé
• Champlain
  Champlain, Quebec
  Champlain is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.-Demographics:Population trend:* Population in 2006: 1566 * Population in 2001: 1623* Population in 1996: 1608...
  
  
• Deschambault
• Frelighsburg
  Frelighsburg, Quebec
  Frelighsburg, is a municipality located in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, which is part of the administrative region of the Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,030...
  
  
• Harrington Harbour
• Havre-Aubert
• Hudson
  Hudson, Quebec
  Hudson, Quebec, Canada, is a town with a population of 5,088 on the south-west bank of the lower Ottawa River, in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. Situated about west of downtown Montreal, many residents commute to work on the Island of Montreal.- Location and...
  
  
• Inverness
  Inverness, Quebec
  Inverness is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada....
  
  
• Kamouraska
  Kamouraska, Quebec
  Kamouraska is a municipality on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Regional County Municipality of Kamouraska...
  
  
• Knowlton
• L'Anse-Saint-Jean
  L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec
  L'Anse-Saint-Jean is a small town, population 1269 , in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.L'Anse-Saint-Jean was founded in 1838 by the Société des Vingt-et-un, a group of lumber prospectors and investors from Charlevoix which was responsible for opening up the Saguenay region to...
  
  
• Les Éboulements
  Les Éboulements, Quebec
  Les Éboulements is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada.Its population centres include Les Éboulements , Éboulements-Est , Cap-aux-Oies, Sainte-Marie-de-Charlevoix, and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive Les Éboulements is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec,...
  
  
• L'Islet
  L'Islet, Quebec
  L'Islet is a municipality within the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Quebec City and Rivière-du-Loup...
  
  
• Lotbinière
  Lotbinière, Quebec
  Lotbinière is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 909 as of 2009. It is named after seigneurie of which it was part...
  
  
• Marbleton
  Dudswell, Quebec
  Dudswell is a municipality of 1,600 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada....
  
  
• Métis-sur-Mer
  Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec
  Métis-sur-Mer is a village in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec.This area was first settled by Scottish immigrants during the early 19th century....
  
  
• Neuville
  Neuville, Quebec
  Neuville is a village on the north shore of the Saint Laurence River, just west of Quebec City, part of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1684, and has remained quite picturesque throughout these years....
  
  
• Notre-Dame-du-Portage
  Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Quebec
  Notre-Dame-du-Portage is a village in the Canadian Province of Quebec located at the edge of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region...
  
  
• Percé
  Percé, Quebec
  Percé is a small village near the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Québec. As a municipality, it is 432.39 square km in area. It has a long history of being an important seasonal fishing centre under the French...
  
  
• Port-au-Persil
  Saint-Siméon, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec
  Saint-Siméon is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1869, it was named after Saint Simeon of Jerusalem....
  
  
• Sainte-Pétronille
• Sainte-Rose-du-Nord
  Sainte-Rose-du-Nord, Quebec
  Sainte-Rose-du-Nord is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.-References:...
  
  
• Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
  Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec
  Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,462 as of 2009....
  
  
• Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
  Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
  Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,594.-Population:Population trend...
  
  
• Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
• Saint-Irénée
  Saint-Irénée, Quebec
  Saint-Irénée is a parish municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada.-Demographics:Population trend:* Population in 2006: 727 * Population in 2001: 672* Population in 1996: 643...
  
  
• Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
  Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec
  Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality. It is situated on the south-east side of Orléans Island.-History:...
  
  
• Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
  Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec
  Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality. It is situated on the south side of Orléans Island....
  
  
• Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
  Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Quebec
  St-Michel is a village of about 2,000 people about 20km east of Lévis, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. It is a mostly rural community, and it was chosen as one of the top 20 nicest villages in the province of Quebec. Route 281 passes through it.- See also :*...
  
  
• Saint-Pacôme
  Saint-Pacôme, Quebec
  Saint-Pacôme is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Gervais Lévesque...
  
  
• Saint-Vallier
  Saint-Vallier, Quebec
  Saint-Vallier is a small village of about 1,100 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region, located in the province of Quebec in Canada....
  
  
• Stanbridge East
  Stanbridge East, Quebec
  Stanbridge East is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 833.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
  
  
• Stanstead
• Tadoussac
  Tadoussac, Quebec
  Tadoussac is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Saguenay rivers. It was France's first trading post on the mainland of New France and an important trading post in the seventeenth century, making it the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in...
  
  
• Verchères
  Verchères, Quebec
  Verchères is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,243.- History :...