Permanent visit tour

The Cité international de la langue française is a cultural and living place entirely dedicated to the French language and French-speaking cultures, in the castle of Villers-Cotterêts. The Cité's permanent tour immerses you in the heart of the French language, thanks to a fun, interactive itinerary.

The tour ends in the room presenting the Ordinance signed by François I in 1539 at Villers-Cotterêts, which granted official status to the French language. In the name of justice, the ordinance imposed the French language on administrative and legal acts, to make them comprehensible to those to whom they applied.