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French towns and places in France starting with S

Les Sables-d'Olonne - popular seaside resort on the Vendee coast

St Bertrand de Comminges - small Pyrenees village, once home of a large Roman town

St Benoit du Sault - classified 'most beautifu village in France' in the Centre region

St-Benoit-sur-Loire - abbey in the Loire Valley

Saint-Brieuc - Brittany town

St-Ceneri-le-Gerei - pretty village in the Normandy countryside

St Cirq Lapopie - one of the most visited and attractive villages in France

Saint Come d'Olt - pretty little village north of Rodez

Saint Emilion - major wine centre but also a very lovely town

St Enimie - lovely village in the countryside of the Gorges du Tarn

Saintes - Poitou-Charentes town

Saint Eulalie d'Olt  - pretty little village north of Rodez

Saint Florent - Corsican town

Saint-Flour - town in the Auvergne region

Saint Jean de Cole - 'most beautiful village' in the northern Dordogne region

St Jean de Luz - seaside port at the south-western tip of France

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port - attractive village in the western Pyrenees

St Guilhem - above all, home to the Gellone Abbey

Saint Leon sur Vezere - fine little unspoiled village in the Vezere Valley

Saint-Malo - Brittany port and fortified town

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer - coastal town in the southern Camargue region of Provence

Sainte-Maxime - popular resort on the Cote d'Azur

Saint-Nectaire - church and spa town in the Auvergne

St-Paul-de-Vence - very popular Provencal village

Saint-Pol-de-Léon - cathedral town in northern Brittany

Saint-Raphael - resort on the French riviera

Saint Remy de Provence - Provencal village and site of Glanum

Saint Savin sur Gartempe abbey - like murals? visit Gartempe and region

Saint Tropez - major French riviera resort

Saissac - home of a romantic chateau in Languedoc

Sanary-sur-Mer - French riviera resort

Saorge - town on the French Riviera

Saverne - Alsace town

Salins-les-Bains - town in the Jura, Franche-Comté

Salers - remote town in the massif Central, worth the effort, especially for walkers, cyclists etc

Salon-de-Provence - ancient provencal town

Salses Fort - castle / stronghold in southern Languedoc

Sant'Antonino - Corsican perched village

Sare - 'most beautiful village' in south-west Aquitaine

Sarlat - medieval and renaissance architecture in the capital of the Dordogne

Sartene - Corsican town

Saulieu - Burgundy town in Morvan

Saverne - Alsace town

Sauveterre-de-Rouergue - town in Aveyron, southern Massif Central

Seillans - a popular Provencal perched town

Ségur-le-Chateau - classified most beautiful village in southern Limousin

Sélestat - Alsace town

Semur-en-Auxois - pretty town in Burgundy

Semur-en-Brionnais - classified 'most beautiful village' in the Burgundy region

Sens - cathedral town to the north of the Burgundy region

Serre Chevalier - large ski resort

Sete - town on the Etang de Thau in Languedoc

Sigean African Nature Reserve - Languedoc coast nature reserve

Sisteron - in the Haute-Alpes department, on the Napoleon route and site of a citadel

Sospel - town on the French Riviera

Souillac - abbey town on the Dordogne - Lot borders

Soultz-Haut-Rhin - popular Alsace town

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

Le Struthof - WWII concentration camp in Alsace