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A list of the 鈥榰gliest鈥� sites, buildings or places in France have been revealed by the same organisation that gives out an annual award for the ugliest towns in the country.

The 鈥楲a France Moche (Ugly France)鈥� brand is a tongue-in-cheek account run by the association Paysages de France, which mainly communicates .

It regularly highlights examples of ugly towns or installations, and often draws attention to issues such as too many signs or advertisements along the side of a road.

Over the past few weeks, it has been highlighting buildings and other sites that it feels deserve the less-than-flattering 鈥榰gly鈥� title.

So far, some of the standout sites on the list include (in no particular order):

The L鈥橧sle-d鈥橝beau train station

Commenting on the Is猫re station鈥檚 unusual design, the Twitter account wrote sarcastically: 鈥淭here is scaffolding, but I鈥檝e never seen the work start.鈥� The fa莽ade dates back to 1985.

The Lyc茅e Sainte-Marie in La Verpilli猫re

The building in Lyon was already voted the country鈥檚 second-most ugly lyc茅e by comedy site Topito in 2016. The La France Moche account posted the image without comment. Perhaps the building was enough of a statement?

The Pont Saint-Michel in Bourgoin-Jallieu

The bridge in Is猫re was posted with a simple message, in reference to the bridge鈥檚 removal: 鈥淥ne piece of good news: This thing no longer exists.鈥�

Passageway at the Lyc茅e L茅onard-de-Vinci

The bizarre sculptural monument was compared ironically to the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia.

A giant apple

The account highlighted the less-than-beautiful sculpture of an apple in Boug茅 Chambalud ( Auvergne-Rh么ne-Alpes), which aims to celebrate the region鈥檚 local produce.

Strange sculptures

One Tweet showing some bizarre sculptures sparked a series of replies from other users.

One reply showed a sculpture of a children鈥檚 ride in Charvieu-Chavagneux (Is猫re), with the caption: 鈥淧erfect for the beginning of a dystopian TV series.鈥�

Another submitted a photo of a roundabout sculpture of nails hammered into the earth in Rugles (Normandy).

Blocky buildings

Also mocked by the account included the 1970s-style Palais de Justice in Annecy, and a car park in Grenoble (both Auvergne-Rh么ne-Alpes).

Ski sadness

The account also lambasted a number of ski stations for their tower blocks, with the cheeky question: 鈥淲ho said mountains were beautiful?鈥�

Horror hotels de ville

Late last week, the account took the time to curate a series of photos of less-than-beautiful Hotel de Ville buildings鈥�

Poor pompiers

And a few days ago (February 12) simply posted a photo of this pompiers station in Limoges (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), with the caption: 鈥淟imoges. Our firefighters deserve better!鈥�

Special mentions over the years

The account tends to poke fun at towns鈥� bizarre use of signage or installation of buildings or advertisements that seem to appear without much consideration of their overall appearance.

In 2021, the group gave a special mention to the mountain town of Villard-de-Lans (Auvergne-Rh么ne-Alpes), for its installation of a light-up screen projecting an image of the ski station landscape鈥�in front of the real landscape.

Last year, it also for what it said was a particularly ugly array of signs and advertisements on a wall at the entrance of the town.

However, the mayor of the town took offence and made an official complaint to the Paysages de France association for what he called an 鈥渁ttack on reputation鈥�.

If you have any ugly contenders you feel we simply must draw attention to near you, please email them to news@connexionfrance.com with the subject line 鈥楿gly France鈥�. We may highlight them in a future article.

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