The Main Street, Bergheim, Alsace, France
The village is classified 4* Ville Fleurie. This "towns and villages in bloom competition" is a contest organized annually in France which aims to encourage communes to adopt and implement policies that improve the quality of life of their inhabitants and enhance their attractiveness to visitors through the provision and maintenance of green spaces and the enhancement of their natural environments. Successful communes are awarded the right to display a badge (showing from one to four flowers) on road signs and in other local promotional material. As of 2015, only 226 (out 12,000 awarded cities, towns and villages) have 4 flowers.
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