2022 winners of the "heritage ribbons" competition

The regional juries and the national jury took into account the following criteria: interest and value of the heritage considered, aesthetic and architectural coherence, materials and organization of the site, quality of implementation, impact of these operations from a point of view social, economic, cultural, environmental and touristic, boldness of the operation and popular mobilization.

National awards

Chaired by Nicolas KNAUF of the Association of Mayors of France and Presidents of Intercommunality, the national jury studied the 19 files proposed by the regional juries, among the 118 eligible files received this year.

5 national prizes were awarded:

• National award for municipalities and inter-municipal structures with less than 3500 inhabitants

Brétigny (27) for the restoration of the Saint-Cyr and Sainte-Julitte church

• National award for municipalities and inter-municipal structures between 3500 and 20000 inhabitants

Community of Communes of the Grande Vallée de la Marne (51) for the conversion of the old Pommery presses into a Sensory Interpretation Center for Champagne wines in Aÿ-Champagne: Pressoria

• National award for municipalities and inter-municipal structures with more than 20000 inhabitants

Epernay (51) for the rehabilitation of Château Perrier into a museum of Champagne wine and regional archeology

• Special Jury Award

Soulomès (46) for the restoration of the choir and sanitation of the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine church

• Special prize "territorial dynamism"

La Flèche (72) for the rehabilitation of a building complex into a cinema complex and shops

The official national awards ceremony will take place at the International Cultural Heritage Fair at the end of October in Paris.

Regional awards

14 regional prizes were also awarded to municipalities whose files were selected by regional juries to compete at national level.

Departmental prices

42 departmental prizes were awarded this year by regional juries.

The regional and departmental award ceremonies will be organized locally by representatives of the five partners during the last half of 2022.