Here Are the Cleanest Cities in France in 2025

The Association des villes pour la cleanliness urbaine (AVPU) unveiled its annual ranking on 22 May. On the occasion of its national meetings held in Lille, it awarded its famous stars "Éco Propre", a label that rewards the French cities most committed to the fight against urban dirt. Among the surprises ? The flagrant absence of Paris, and the invigorating arrival of new arrivals at the top of the ranking. Clean cities, a utopia ? Not for Antib…

Urban cleanliness: a label that rewards the concrete commitment of cities The label "Eco-clean City", established in 2016 by the AVPU, does not content itself with a simple visual audit. It sanctions the concrete, measurable and structured commitment of cities through five levels of stars. According to the criteria of the association, the objective is not to have a pavement without butt on the day of the visit, but to introduce "action plans to …