France

As you can see from the map below, France has a huge number of UNESCO sites. They include a bit of everything: prehistoric sites; Roman ruins; cathedrals, churches, and monasteries; chateaux; sites related to the industrial revolution and traditional agriculture; architecture of many periods; and just a few nature sites.

Use the map to jump to each site’s page – zoom as needed, or make the map full-screen. Alternatively, use the list of UNESCO sites below the map.

Below the list of UNESCO sites is another list: sites on the tentative list of UNESCO.

Notes:

• Overseas territories are not included on this map, but are listed below.
• The 78 locations that make up the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France UNESCO site are on a separate map below.

Auvergne-Rhône-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

The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
Precisely-defined plots of land with distinct geological and climatic conditions that contribute to a centuries-old tradition of winemaking.

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
A monastic community whose ideals of poverty and self-sufficiency are reflected in the structures they built.

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.

Vézelay, Church and Hill
A Romanesque masterpiece and the charming village around it, historically significant in terms of medieval Christianity.

Centre-Val de Loire

Bourges Cathedral
A magnificent Gothic cathedral with stunning stained-glass windows.

Chartres Cathedral

Corse

Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve

Grand Est

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.

Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt
Two districts, one exemplifying medieval cities, the other a model of modern city planning.

Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars

Hauts-de-France

Amiens Cathedral
A 13th-century Gothic cathedral of extraordinary workmanship and beauty.

Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin

Île-de-France

Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
A magnificent 16th-century royal palace, particularly important for its artwork.

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.

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
A port city of opulent architecture, especially classical and neo-classical, and the center of a centuries-old wine-producing region.

Cordouan Lighthouse
A grandiose 17th-century lighthouse meant both for navigation and for projecting an image of royal power.

Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
A picturesque area of countryside and villages surrounded by a vineyard landscape; also an important pilgrimage stop.

Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
A Romanesque church painted with vivid murals dating to the 11th and 12th centuries, important in the study of medieval Christian art.

Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
A collection of shelters used by prehistoric people, many containing impressive Paleolithic works of art.

Occitanie

Episcopal City of Albi
A small city with a rich collection of Medieval and Renaissance architecture.

Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
A classic medieval fortified town with intact walls, a castle, and a Gothic cathedral.

The Maison Carrée of Nîmes
A well-preserved classical Roman temple from the 1st century AD, dedicated to the heirs of Emperor Augustus.

Canal du Midi
A 360-km canal plus locks, tunnels and bridges: a 17th-century feat of engineering.

Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
A 3-tiered stone aqueduct and bridge that demonstrates Roman-era construction processes.

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.

Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
Palaces and other structures that tell the story of the 70-year sojourn in France of the Catholic papacy in the 14th century.

Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera
An early example of a city that developed due to tourism.

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
A beautiful river valley landscape dotted with stunning castles and charming medieval towns.

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (see map below)
Seventy-eight locations along four medieval pilgrimage routes leading to the Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

Fortifications of Vauban
12 sites designed for Louis XIV by the innovative military engineer Sebastien de Vauban in the late 17th-18th centuries.

Pyrénées – Mont Perdu

Transnational sites

The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.

Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Forests of European beech trees that survived the last Ice Age and then spread across Europe, now protected in 93 locations across 18 countries.

Belfries of Belgium and France

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)

Tentative list

• Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère (Parish enclosures of Finistère)
• L’observatoire du pic du Midi de Bigorre, pionnier en haute montagne (The Pic du Midi de Bigorre observatory, a pioneer in high mountains)
• Saint-Honorat, Île monastique de l’archipel de Lérins à Cannes (Saint-Honorat, monastic island of the Lérins Archipelago in Cannes)
• Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l’État des Pyrénées : la Co-principauté d’Andorre (Material evidence of the construction of the State of the Pyrenees: the Co-principality of Andorra)
• Domaine de Fontainebleau : château, jardins, parc et forêt (Fontainebleau Estate: castle, gardens, park and forest)
• Le Charolais-Brionnais, paysage culturel de l’élevage bovin (Charolais-Brionnais, cultural landscape of cattle breeding)
• Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (City of Carcassonne and its castles as mountain sentinels)
• Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (The Alps of the Mediterranean)
• Metz Royale et Impériale, enjeux de pouvoir, confrontations stylistiques et identité urbaine (Metz Royal and Imperial, power struggles, stylistic confrontations and urban identity)
• Les Plages du Débarquement, Normandie, 1944 (D-Day landing beaches, Normandy, 1944)
• La Camargue (La Camargue Nature Reserve)
• Bouches de Bonifacio (Rock formations, caves and archipelago in Corsica)
• Parc national des Écrins (Écrins National Park)
• Parc national de Port-Cros (Port-Cros National Park)
• Marais salants de Guérande (Guérande salt marshes)
• Le rivage méditerranéen des Pyrénées (The Mediterranean shore of the Pyrenees)
• Rade de Marseille (Marseille Harbor)
• Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire : Nîmes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducs, via Domitia (The ancient cities of Narbonne and their territory: Nîmes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducts, via Domitia)
• Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne (The Cerdagne railway)
• Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales, Meudon (National Office of Aerospace Studies and Research, Meudon)
• Hangar Y 
• Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel (Former Menier chocolate factory in Noisiel)
• Centre ancien de Sarlat (Old center of Sarlat)
• Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l’estuaire de la Charente (Rochefort Arsenal and fortifications of the Charente estuary)
• Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France (Group of caves with concretions in the south of France)
• Parc national de la Vanoise (Vanoise National Park)
• Massif du Mont Blanc (Mont Blanc)
• Sites mégalithiques de Carnac (Megalithic sites of Carnac)
• Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis Cathedral)
• Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (Rouen: half-timbered urban ensemble, cathedral, Saint-Ouen church, Saint Maclou Church)
• Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (Vaux-le-Vicomte chateau)
• Les villes bastionnées des Pays-Bas du nord-ouest de l’Europe (The bastioned towns of the Low Countries of northwestern Europe)
• Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cézaniens (Sainte-Victoire mountain range and Cézanne sites)