People who love to travel around the world are in for a rude awakening when they come across these villages in France which have very strange and possibly offensive names.
This article contains some of the most rude-sounding places in France. Here they are:
1. The Arse Stream
This is offensive because the word ‘arse’ is a vulgar word for a person’s buttocks or anus. The Arse Stream (Ruisseau de l’Arse) is located in southwestern France. It, however, offers a lovely experience as there’s a lovely Cascade d’Arse at the end (Arse Waterfall).
2. The village of Anus
The trend of offending people with places named after a person’s buttocks continues in the village of Anus. This is a tiny village located out in the back end of Burgundy.
3. The town of Condom
Some 200 kilometres to the north-west of Arse Stream is a town called Condom, and it seems the town of 7,000 people can’t decide whether they like the name or not. At one point, the mayor opened a museum all about condoms but later shut it down.
The town even tried to twin itself to a town in the UK but was denied due to what the Brits considered the embarrassing name. In any case, the French use another word for condom – preservatif.
4. The village of Orgy
Travel just 25 minutes north of Anus and you’ll arrive in the quiet village of Orgy. Be careful driving into town, as tourists are known to stop by the roadside to take pictures of their Orgy experience.
5. The town of Pus$y
Pussy, dissected by the Pus$y River (Torrent de Pus$y), is a town not far from Italy on the eastern reaches of southern France. The town’s name derives from the Roman name Pussius, however, tourists are not about to take this into consideration as they have something different in mind.
6. The town of Bitche
We’d prefer not to explain the English counterpart of the word ‘bitche’. This town is situated in the northeastern corner of France, Bitche is home to 5,000 people and they’re surely all lovely.
There are other worthy additions to this list which are also places with the most ridiculous names. They include the towns of Brest, Pissy, and Le Tampon in Reunion Island.
