List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_France

List of World Heritage Sites in France

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This is a list of World Heritage Sites in France with properties of cultural and natural heritage in France as inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list.^[1] France accepted the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on 27 June 1975, after which it could nominate properties on their territory to be considered for the World Heritage List.^[2]

Currently, 49 properties in France are inscribed on the World Heritage List. 42 of these are cultural properties, 6 are natural properties, and 1 is mixed.^[1] Four properties are transboundary properties.^[3] The first was added to the list in 1979 and the latest in 2019. Five properties were submitted in 1979.^[1] The tentative list of France contains 37 properties.^[4]

The names in the tables below are the names of the properties as used on the website of UNESCO.^[1] There are three different types of properties possible: cultural, natural, and mixed.^[5] Selection criteria i, ii, iii, iv, v, and vi are the cultural criteria, and selection criteria vii, viii, ix, and x are the natural criteria.^[6] The dates for the properties on the World Heritage List are the dates of inscription, the dates for the tentative list are those of submission. The numbers are the reference numbers as used by UNESCO, and they link directly to the description pages of the properties on the UNESCO website.^[1]

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[unesco-1] [1]
France. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved on 2014-06-23.

[2] [2]
State Parties, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Retrieved on 2011-07-21

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Pyrénées–Mont Perdu is shared with Spain; Belfries of Belgium and France is shared with Belgium; Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps is shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland; and the Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is shared with Argentina, Belgium, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland.

[4] [4]
Tentative Lists, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Retrieved on 2014-06-23

[note2-5] [5]
France's mixed property, Pyrénées – Mont Perdu, is shared with Spain.

[6] [6]
The Criteria, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Retrieved on 2011-07-21

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"Abbaye de Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe". UNESCO.

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"Abbaye cistercienne de Fontenay". UNESCO.

[9] [9]
"Arles, monuments romains et romans". UNESCO.

[10] [10]
"Basilique et colline de Vézelay". UNESCO.

[11] [11]
"Beffries of Belgium and France". UNESCO.

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"Bordeaux, Port de la Lune". UNESCO.

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"Canal du Midi". UNESCO.

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"Cathédrale d'Amiens". UNESCO.

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"Cathédrale de Bourges". UNESCO.

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"Cathédrale de Chartres". UNESCO.

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"Cathédrale Notre-Dame, ancienne abbaye Saint-Rémi et palais de Tau, Reims". UNESCO.

[18] [18]
"The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape". UNESCO.

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"Centre historique d'Avignon". UNESCO.

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"Chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en France". UNESCO.

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"Cité épiscopale d'Albi". UNESCO.

[22] [22]
"De la grande saline de Salins-les-Bains à la saline royale d'Arc-et-Senans, la production du sel ignigène". UNESCO.

[23] [23]
"Fortifications de Vauban". UNESCO.

[24] [24]
"Juridiction de Saint-Émilion". UNESCO.

[25] [25]
"Le Havre, la ville reconstruite par Auguste Perret". UNESCO.

[26] [26]
"Mont-Saint-Michel et sa baie". UNESCO.

[27] [27]
"Palais et parc de Fontainebleau". UNESCO.

[28] [28]
"Palais et parc de Versailles". UNESCO.

[29] [29]
"Paris, rives de la Seine". UNESCO.

[30] [30]
"Places Stanislas, de la Carrière et d'Alliance à Nancy". UNESCO.

[31] [31]
"Pont du Gard". UNESCO.

[32] [32]
"Provins, ville de foire médiévale". UNESCO.

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"Site historique de Lyon". UNESCO.

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"Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps". UNESCO.

[35] [35]
"Sites préhistoriques et grottes ornées de la vallée de la Vézère". UNESCO.

[36] [36]
"Strasbourg – Grande île". UNESCO.

[37] [37]
"Théâtre antique et ses abords et " Arc de Triomphe " d'Orange". UNESCO.

[38] [38]
"Val de Loire entre Sully-sur-Loire et Chalonnes". UNESCO.

[39] [39]
"Ville fortifiée historique de Carcassonne". UNESCO.

[40] [40]
"Golfe de Porto". UNESCO.

[41] [41]
"Lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie". UNESCO.

[42] [42]
"Pitons, cirques et remparts de l'ile de la Réunion". UNESCO.

[43] [43]
"Pyrénées–Mont Perdu". UNESCO.

[44] [44]
"Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin". UNESCO.

[45] [45]
"Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, Ardèche". UNESCO.

[World_Heritage_Committee-46] [46]
World Heritage Committee. "Sites in Denmark, France and Turkey inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2015-07-20.

[47] [47]
The specific listed buildings in France are Cité Frugès de Pessac, Villa Savoye, Notre-Dame du Haut, Unité d'habitation, Cabanon de vacances, Usine Claude et Duval, Immeuble Molitor, Villa La Roche, Villa Jeanneret-Perret, Sainte Marie de La Tourette, and Maison de la Culture de Firminy

[48] [48]
"The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement". UNESCO.

[49] [49]
"Taputapuātea". UNESCO.

[50] [50]
"Chaine des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena". UNESCO.

[51] [51]
"French Austral Lands and Seas". UNESCO.

[52] [52]
"Great Spa Towns of Europe". UNESCO.

[53] [53]
"Cordouan Lighthouse". UNESCO.

[54] [54]
"Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera". UNESCO.

[55] [55]
"Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe". UNESCO.

[56] [56]
"Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)". UNESCO.

[57] [57]
"The Maison Carrée of Nîmes". UNESCO.

[58] [58]
"Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique". UNESCO.

[59] [59]
"Official Metz's UNESCO application" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

[60] [60]
Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne – UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-01-08.

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Ref #	Site	Region	Era	Type	Year listed	Extension	Description
230	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	9th century	cultural	1983	2007	^[7]
165	Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	12th century	cultural	1981	2007	^[8]
164	Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	from 1st century BC to 4th century; 12th century	cultural	1981	-	^[9]
84	Vézelay, Church and Hill	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	12th century	cultural	1979	2007	^[10]
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 ^[11]
1256	Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	18th century	cultural	2007	-	^[12]
770	Canal du Midi	Occitania	17th century	cultural	1996	-	^[13]
162	Amiens Cathedral	Hauts-de-France	13th century	cultural	1981	-	^[14]
635	Bourges Cathedral	Centre-Val de Loire	13th century	cultural	1992	-	^[15]
81	Chartres Cathedral	Centre-Val de Loire	13th century	cultural	1979	-	^[16]
601	Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi, and Palace of Tau, Reims	Grand Est	13th–16th century	cultural	1991	-	^[17]
1153	The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape	Occitania		cultural	2011	-	^[18]
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 ^[19]
868	Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	Diverse sites (right-of-way and route)		cultural	1998	-	^[20]
1337	Episcopal City of Albi	Occitania		cultural	2010	-	^[21]
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	^[22]
1283	Fortifications of Vauban	Diverse	17th century	cultural	2008	-	^[23]
932	Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion	Nouvelle-Aquitaine		cultural	1999	-	^[24]
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 ^[25]
80	Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay	Normandy		cultural	1979	2007	^[26]
160	Palace and Park of Fontainebleau	Île-de-France		cultural	1981	-	^[27]
83	Palace and Park of Versailles	Île-de-France		cultural	1979	2007	^[28]
600	Paris, Banks of the Seine	Île-de-France		cultural	1991	-	^[29]
229	Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	Grand Est	18th century	cultural	1983	-	^[30]
334	Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	Occitanie	1st century AD	cultural	1985	2007	^[31]
873	Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs	Île-de-France		cultural	2001	-	^[32]
872	Historic site of Lyon	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes		cultural	1998	-	^[33]
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. ^[34]
85	Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	Nouvelle-Aquitaine		cultural	1979	-	^[35]
495	Strasbourg – From the Grande Île to the Neustadt	Grand Est		cultural	1988	2017	^[36]
163	Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur		cultural	1981	2007	^[37]
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. ^[38]
345	Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	Occitanie		cultural	1997	-	^[39]
258	Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve	Corsica	N/A	natural	1983	-	^[40]
1115	Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems	New Caledonia	N/A	natural	2008	-	Diversity of ecosystems in New Caledonia Barrier Reef ^[41]
1317	The Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Réunion Island	Réunion	N/A	natural	2010	-	^[42]
773	Pyrénées – Mont Perdu	Occitanie	N/A	mixed	1997	1999	Transboundary property, shared with Spain ^[43]
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. ^[44]
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. ^[45]
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. ^[46]
1465	Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars	Grand Est	17th century–present	cultural	2015	-	Sites where the method of producing sparkling wines was developed. ^[46]
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. ^[48]
1528	Taputapuātea	French Polynesia	10th century	cultural	2017		A Polynesian political, ceremonial and funerary centre. ^[49]
1434	Chaine des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes		natural	2018		A geologically important site illustrating the process of continental rifting. ^[50]
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. ^[51]
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. ^[52]
1625	Cordouan Lighthouse	Nouvelle-Aquitaine		cultural	2021		Cordouan Lighthouse embodies the great stages of the architectural and technological history of lighthouses. ^[53]
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. ^[54]
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. ^[55]
1567rev	Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)	Hauts-de-France, Grand Est, Île-de-France	20th century	cultural	2023		Transnational serial site shared with Belgium incorporates 139 cemeteries and memorials on the Western Front of the First World War. ^[56]
1569	The Maison Carrée of Nîmes	Occitania	1st century	cultural	2023		An ancient Roman temple in Nîmes, southern France; one of the best-preserved Roman temples to survive in the territory of the former Roman Empire. ^[57]
1657	Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique	Martinique		natural	2023		Volcanic area of global significance to vulcanology, and home to a number of endemic species. ^[58]

List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_France

List of World Heritage Sites in France

Properties on the World Heritage List

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

Location of inscribed sites

See also

References

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