CHM Montalivet, Naturist resort in Vendays-Montalivet, France

CHM Montalivet is a naturist holiday resort on 175 hectares south of Montalivet-les-Bains, in Vendays-Montalivet. Its roughly 1,000 bungalows and caravans, 960 touring pitches and 260 tent sites are grouped into about 20 villages linked by 12 km of internal roads. The site borders a 3 km white sand beach; the pool complex has two blue slides and a small wooden footbridge.

It was founded in 1950 and hosted the formation of the International Naturist Federation in 1953, a turning point for organized naturism. This made it an important center for naturist practices in Europe and beyond.

The name "Monta" is the everyday short form used by regulars and in the centre's own letterheads and site maps. Families tend to come back to the same village each year, and the food shop, vegetarian when it opened, now serves a niche clientele. The International Naturist Federation was founded here in 1953.

The site lies south of Montalivet-les-Bains, reached by the road named after Albert Lecocq in 1990. Naturism is practised only inside the 175-hectare grounds and on the beach, which is reached by a boardwalk through a textile zone. Singles are admitted only when presented by a client, and half the visitors come from outside France.

Until the 1980s, volunteers handled security, access control and maintenance in exchange for a camping pitch or access to the Pénélope discotheque. The American photographer Jock Sturges used Montalivet as a setting for published works such as The Last Day of Summer.