List of World Heritage Sites in France

Ref # Site Image Region Era Type Year listed Extension Description 230 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Nouvelle-Aquitaine 9th century cultural 1983 2007

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165 Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 12th century cultural 1981 2007

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164 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur from 1st century BC to 4th century; 12th century cultural 1981 –

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84 Vézelay, Church and Hill Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 12th century cultural 1979 2007

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943 Belfries of Belgium and France Hauts-de-France 13th century-20th century cultural 1999 2005 Transboundary property, shared with Belgium; extension of the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia

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1256 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon Nouvelle-Aquitaine 18th century cultural 2007 –

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770 Canal du Midi Occitania 17th century cultural 1996 –

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162 Amiens Cathedral Hauts-de-France 13th century cultural 1981 –

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635 Bourges Cathedral Centre-Val de Loire 13th century cultural 1992 –

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81 Chartres Cathedral Centre-Val de Loire 13th century cultural 1979 –

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601 Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi, and Palace of Tau, Reims Grand Est 13th–16th century cultural 1991 –

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1153 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape Occitania cultural 2011 –

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228 Historical centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 12th–16th century cultural 1995 – Palais des Papes, Episcopal Ensemble and Pont Saint-Bénezet

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868 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Diverse sites (right-of-way and route) cultural 1998 –

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1337 Episcopal City of Albi Occitania cultural 2010 –

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203 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 18th century cultural 1982 2009

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1283 Fortifications of Vauban Diverse 17th century cultural 2008 –

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932 Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion Nouvelle-Aquitaine cultural 1999 –

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1181 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret Normandy 20th century cultural 2005 – Built from 1945–1964 by the Atelier de Reconstruction du Havre d’Auguste Perret

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80 Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay Normandy cultural 1979 2007

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160 Palace and Park of Fontainebleau Île-de-France cultural 1981 –

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83 Palace and Park of Versailles Île-de-France cultural 1979 2007

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600 Paris, Banks of the Seine Île-de-France cultural 1991 –

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229 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d’Alliance in Nancy Grand Est 18th century cultural 1983 –

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334 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) Occitanie 1st century AD cultural 1985 2007

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873 Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs Île-de-France cultural 2001 –

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872 Historic site of Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cultural 1998 –

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1363 Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 5000–500 BCE cultural 2011 – A series of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps. transboundary property, shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, 11 of the total 111 sites are in France.

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85 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley Nouvelle-Aquitaine cultural 1979 –

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495 Strasbourg – From the Grande Île to the Neustadt Grand Est cultural 1988 2017

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163 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the « Triumphal Arch » of Orange Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cultural 1981 2007

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933 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes Centre-Val de Loire, Pays de la Loire cultural 2000 – An outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages, great architectural monuments (the châteaux), and cultivated lands formed by many centuries of interaction between their population and the physical environment, primarily the river Loire itself.

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345 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne Occitanie cultural 1997 –

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258 Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve Corsica N/A natural 1983 –

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1115 Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems New Caledonia N/A natural 2008 – Diversity of ecosystems in New Caledonia Barrier Reef

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1317 The Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Réunion Island Réunion N/A natural 2010 –

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773 Pyrénées – Mont Perdu Occitanie N/A mixed 1997 1999 Transboundary property, shared with Spain

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1360 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin Hauts-de-France 18th to 20th centuries cultural 2012 – Remarkable landscape shaped by three centuries of coal extraction.

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1426 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 30,000–28,000 BCE cultural 2014 – Earliest-known and best-preserved figurative drawings in the world.

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1425 The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Middle Ages–present cultural 2015 – An outstanding example of grape cultivation and wine production developed since the High Middle Ages.

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1465 Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars Grand Est 17th century–present cultural 2015 – Sites where the method of producing sparkling wines was developed.

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1321 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement^[47] Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Île-de-France, Grand Est, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 20th century cultural 2016 – Testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language. A transnational serial property shared with Argentina, Belgium, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland.

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1528 Taputapuātea French Polynesia 10th century cultural 2017 A Polynesian political, ceremonial and funerary centre.

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1434 Chaine des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes natural 2018 A geologically important site illustrating the process of continental rifting.

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1603 French Austral Lands and Seas French Southern and Antarctic Lands natural 2019 Remote islands in the Southern Ocean home to unique flora and fauna including a whole slice of Antarctica making this the largest World Heritage Site.

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1613 Great Spa Towns of Europe Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cultural 2021 A transnational site of 11 towns in seven European countries that developed around natural mineral water springs and bear witness to the international European spa culture. Spa town of Vichy represents this site in France.

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1625 Cordouan Lighthouse Nouvelle-Aquitaine cultural 2021 Cordouan Lighthouse embodies the great stages of the architectural and technological history of lighthouses.

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1635 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cultural 2021 Nice bears witness to the evolution of the winter resort due to the city’s mild climate and seaside location at the foot of the Alps.

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1133 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Diverse sites natural 2021 (extension to sites in France) This transnational property represents an outstanding example of relatively undisturbed, complex temperate forests and exhibit a wide spectrum of comprehensive ecological patterns and processes of pure and mixed stands of European beech across a variety of environmental conditions.

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