French towns and places in France starting with M

Mâcon - town in Burgundy

Marias-Poitevin - marshlands in the Pays de la Loire and Poitou-Charentes

Marvejols - medieval town in the Lozere department, once home of the 'Beast of Gevaudan'!

Marmoutier - small Alsace village

Marseille - 2nd biggest city in France

Marseillan - Languedoc village on the Etang de Thau

Melle - town known for its three roman churches, Poitou-Charentes

Mende - attractive village in the Cevennes National Park

Menerbes - renowned perched village of Provence

Menton - sophisticated port town on the Cote d'Azur

Mercantour National Park - national park in the Provence region

Meribel - popular Alpine ski resort

Meze - Languedoc village on the Etang de Thau

Millau Bridge - modern renowned Languedoc landmark

Minerve - fortified languedoc village, home of Minervois wine

Mirepoix - Ariege town

Mirmande - very flowery medieval village in the Rhone Alps

Moissac - home of the Abbey of saint Peter and its cloister

Molène - Brittany island

Molieres - bastide town in the Dordogne region

Molsheim - Alsace town

Monaco - not really France!

Moncontour - Breton town

Monflanquin - bastide town in the Lot et Garonne countryside

Monpazier - one of the very best bastide towns, at the southern edge of the Dordogne

Montauban - bastide town in the northern Midi-Pyrenees region

Mont de Marsan - town in Aquitaine

Montignac - Dordogne town

Montmartre - Paris district including the Basilica of the Sacre Coeur

Montolieu - town of books in Languedoc

Montpellier - university town in Languedoc-Roussillon

Mont Perdu - remote and beautiful landscape on the border with Spain

Montpeyroux - 13th century town south of Clermont-Ferrand

Montreal-du-Gers - bastide town of the Gers department

Montsegur - castle in the Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees

Mont-Saint-Odile - hilltop pilgrimage site in Alsace

Montresor - tranquil countryside setting for village in the Centre region

Mont St Michel - rather well known abbey on an island on the Normandy/Brittany borders

Montsoreau - chateau and troglodyte village in the Loire

Morbihan - southern region of Brittany, especially renowned for neolithic remains

Morlaix - medieval coastal town in Brittany. With a big viaduct.

Morvan Natural Parc - natural parc in the Burgundy region

Moulins - town to the north of the Auvergne region of France

Moustiers - village on the Gorges du Verdon of Provence

Mount Canigou - landmark mountain in Languedoc-Roussillon

Mozac - town in the Auvergne region

Mulhouse - industrial centre in Alsace

Munster - Alsace town

Murbach - abbey in Alsace