List of World Heritage Sites in France

This is a list of World Heritage Sites in France that are in UNESCO's World Heritage List.^[1] Currently, thirty-seven properties in France are on the World Heritage List. Thirty-three of these are cultural properties, three are natural properties, and one is mixed.^[1] The first was added to the list in 1979 and the latest in 2011.

Properties on the World Heritage List [change]

#	Site	Region	Era	Description	Type	Year listed	Exten- sion	Ref.
1	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe	Poitou-Charentes	9th century		cultural	1983	2007	^[2]
2	Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay	Bourgogne	12th century		cultural	1981	2007	^[3]
3	Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	du -Ier century au 4th century and 12th century		cultural	1981	-	^[4]
4	Vézelay, Church and Hill	Bourgogne	12th century		cultural	1979	2007	^[5]
5	Belfries of Belgium and France	Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardie	13th century-20th century	transboundary property, shared with Belgium ; Extension of the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia	cultural	1999	2005	^[6]
6	Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	Aquitaine			cultural	2007	-	^[7]
7	Canal du Midi	Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées	17th century		cultural	1996	-	^[8]
8	Amiens Cathedral	Picardie	13th century		cultural	1981	-	^[9]
9	Bourges Cathedral	Centre	13th century		cultural	1992	-	^[10]
10	Chartres Cathedral	Centre	13th century		cultural	1979	-	^[11]
11	Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Abbey of Saint-Remi, & Palace of Tau, Reims	Champagne-Ardenne	13th century - 16th century		cultural	1991	-	^[12]
12	The Causses and Cévennes	Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-Roussillon			cultural	2011	-	^[13]
13	Historical center of Avignon : Papal Palace & Avignon Bridge	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	12th century - 16th century	Palais des papes, Episcopal Ensemble and Pont Saint-Bénezet	cultural	1995	-	^[14]
14	Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	Diverse sites (right-of-way and route)			cultural	1998	-	^[15]
15	Episcopal City of Albi	Midi-Pyrénées			cultural	2010	-	^[16]
16	Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans	Free County	18th century		cultural	1982	2009	^[17]
17	Fortifications of Vauban	Diverse	17th century		cultural	2008	-	^[18]
18	Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion	Aquitaine			cultural	1999	-	^[19]
19	Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret	Haute-Normandie	20th century	Built from 1945 - 1964 by the Atelier de Reconstruction du Havre d'Auguste Perret	cultural	2005	-	^[20]
20	Mont Saint Michel and its Bay	Basse-Normandie			cultural	1979	2007	^[21]
21	Palace and Park of Fontainebleau	Île-de-France			cultural	1981	-	^[22]
22	Palace and Park of Versailles	Île-de-France			cultural	1979	2007	^[23]
23	Paris, Banks of the Seine	Île-de-France			cultural	1991	-	^[24]
24	Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	Lorraine	18th century		cultural	1983	-	^[25]
25	Pont du Gard, Roman Aqueduct	Languedoc-Roussillon	Ier century		cultural	1985	2007	^[26]
26	Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs	Île-de-France			cultural	2001	-	^[27]
27	Historic Old Town center of Lyon	Rhône-Alpes			cultural	1998	-	^[28]
28	Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps			transboundary property, shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland	cultural	2011	-	^[29]
29	Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	Aquitaine			cultural	1979	-	^[30]
30	Strasbourg – Grande Île	Alsace			cultural	1988	-	^[31]
31	Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur			cultural	1981	2007	^[32]
32	The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire	Centre, Pays-de-la-Loire			cultural	2000	-	^[33]
33	Cité de Carcassonne – historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	Languedoc-Roussillon			cultural	1997	-	^[34]
34	Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve, Corsica	Corse	N/A		natural	1983	-	^[35]
35	Lagoons of New Caledonia	Nouvelle-Calédonie	N/A	Diversity of ecosystems in New Caledonia Barrier Reef	natural	2008	-	^[36]
36	The Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Réunion	La Réunion	N/A		natural	2010	-	^[37]
37	Pyrénées: Mont Perdu	Midi-Pyrénées	N/A	transboundary property, shared with Spain	mixed	1997	1999	^[38]