France
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Notes:
- Overseas territories are not included on this map, but are listed below.
- The Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France sites are on a separate map below.
Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
Historic Site of Lyon
A city with 2000 years of history visible in its urban center’s architecture.
Chaîne des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena
Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt
Two locations that exemplify the historical process of salt production and industrial architecture.
The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
Fortifications of Vauban
Vézelay, Church and Hill
Centre-Val de Loire
Bourges Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Corse
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
Grand-Est
Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt
Two districts, one exemplifying medieval cities, the other a model of modern city planning.
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance in Nancy
Three elegant 18th-century city plazas.
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
Three medieval structures central to the history of Christianity and coronations in France.
Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
Haut-de-France
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
Ile-de-France
Paris, Banks of the Seine
A 365-hectare corridor that encompasses many of the most famous sights in Paris, spanning centuries of the city’s development.
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
A beautifully intact example of a medieval trading city.
Palace and Park of Versailles
Elegant and grand 17th-century royal residence and park, seat of the French monarchy from Louis XIV to Louis XVI.
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
Langedoc
Episcopal City of Albi
A small city with a rich collection of Medieval and Renaissance architecture.
Normandie
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
A magnificent Gothic abbey on top of a small island in a bay with dramatic tides.
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
Cordouan Lighthouse
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
Occitanie
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
A classic medieval fortified town with intact walls, a castle, and a Gothic cathedral.
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
A 3-tiered stone aqueduct and bridge that demonstrates Roman-era construction processes.
Canal du Midi
A 360-km canal plus locks, tunnels and bridges: a 17th-century feat of engineering.
The Maison Carrée of Nîmes
Picardie
Amiens Cathedral
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
A grand Roman city and its later Romanesque additions, well-preserved in Arles city center.
Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera
An early example of a city that developed due to tourism.
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange
Multi-region
The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
A rural landscape shaped by centuries of farming, where old agricultural techniques are still in use.
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (see map below)
Overseas territories
Taputapuātea
An ancient site of great historical and cultural significance to indigenous Polynesians.
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique
Transnational sites
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.
Belfries of Belgium and France
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
French Austral Lands and Seas
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (Belgium and France)
