UNESCO World Heritage Sites in France

Sites

51

Countries

1

Cultural

44

Natural

6

Mixed

1

Inscription years

1979–2026

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51 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe — France · Cultural · 1983
• Amiens Cathedral — France · Cultural · 1981
• Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments — France · Cultural · 1981
• Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944 — France · Cultural · 2026
• Belfries of Belgium and France — France · Cultural · 1999
• Bordeaux, Port of the Moon — France · Cultural · 2007
• Bourges Cathedral — France · Cultural · 1992
• Canal du Midi — France · Cultural · 1996
• Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims — France · Cultural · 1991
• Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena — France · Natural · 2018
• Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars — France · Cultural · 2015
• Chartres Cathedral — France · Cultural · 1979
• Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay — France · Cultural · 1981
• Cordouan Lighthouse — France · Cultural · 2021
• Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche — France · Cultural · 2014
• Episcopal City of Albi — France · Cultural · 2010
• Fortifications of Vauban — France · Cultural · 2008
• French Austral Lands and Seas — France · Natural · 2019
• From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt — France · Cultural · 1982
• Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) — France · Cultural · 2023
• Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve — France · Natural · 1983
• Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge — France · Cultural · 1995
• Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne — France · Cultural · 1997
• Historic Site of Lyon — France · Cultural · 1998
• Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion — France · Cultural · 1999
• Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems — France · Natural · 2008
• Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret — France · Cultural · 2005
• Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan — France · Cultural · 2025
• Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay — France · Cultural · 1979
• Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera — France · Cultural · 2021
• Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin — France · Cultural · 2012
• Palace and Park of Fontainebleau — France · Cultural · 1981
• Palace and Park of Versailles — France · Cultural · 1979
• Paris, Banks of the Seine — France · Cultural · 1991
• Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island — France · Natural · 2010
• Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy — France · Cultural · 1983
• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) — France · Cultural · 1985
• Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley — France · Cultural · 1979
• Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs — France · Cultural · 2001
• Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange — France · Cultural · 1981
• Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France — France · Cultural · 1998
• Royal Capetian Fortresses of Languedoc — France · Cultural · 2026
• Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt — France · Cultural · 1988
• Taputapuātea — France · Cultural · 2017
• Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands — France · Mixed · 2024
• The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape — France · Cultural · 2011
• The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy — France · Cultural · 2015
• The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes — France · Cultural · 2000
• The Maison Carrée of Nîmes — France · Cultural · 2023
• Vézelay, Church and Hill — France · Cultural · 1979
• Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique — France · Natural · 2023