Each year in France the television station TF1 organises a competition for the Plus beau marché de France.

The competition has been taking place since 2018 and attracts around 10 million viewers.

It is run in collaboration with the regional press, who organise preliminary heats, before 25 markets are selected to compete in the televised stage, which is run over several months in the summer.

The criteria used to make the selection is somewhat imprecise, but the ambiance and the range of stalls are important factors.

The winner this year is the market in La Réole, which sits alongside the banks of the Garonne, south-east of Bordeaux.

Taking place each Saturday morning, the market has around 120 stall holders and up to 4,000 visitors in high summer.

The market offers a plentiful supply of produce, mainly from local growers, as well as clothes and household products.

The list of the top ten in the competition this year is shown in the table below.

Previous winners of the competition have been Narbonne (Languedoc-Roussillon), Étaples-sur-Mer (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Dieppe (Seine-Maritime), Montbrison (Loire), and Sanary-sur-Mer (Var).