World Heritage Sites in France - National Parks of China

Cultural 47Natural 7Mixed 2

France has 56 World Heritage Sites (47 cultural, 7 natural, 2 mixed), the 3rd most in the world. Hover over or tap a dot to see its name; click a name in the list to show it on the map. Listed by year of inscription.

Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay cultural · 1979
Chartres Cathedral cultural · 1979
Palace and Park of Versailles cultural · 1979
Vézelay, Church and Hill cultural · 1979
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley cultural · 1979
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau cultural · 1981
Amiens Cathedral cultural · 1981
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange cultural · 1981
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments cultural · 1981
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay cultural · 1981
From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt cultural · 1982
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy cultural · 1983
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe cultural · 1983
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve natural · 1983
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) cultural · 1985
Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt cultural · 1988
Paris, Banks of the Seine cultural · 1991
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims cultural · 1991
Bourges Cathedral cultural · 1992
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge cultural · 1995
Canal du Midi cultural · 1996
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne cultural · 1997
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu mixed · 1997 (shared with Spain)
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France cultural · 1998
Historic Site of Lyon cultural · 1998
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion cultural · 1999
Belfries of Belgium and France cultural · 1999 (shared with Belgium)
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes cultural · 2000
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs cultural · 2001
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret cultural · 2005
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe natural · 2007 (shared with Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herz., Belgium and others)
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon cultural · 2007
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems natural · 2008
Fortifications of Vauban cultural · 2008
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island natural · 2010
Episcopal City of Albi cultural · 2010
The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape cultural · 2011
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps cultural · 2011 (shared with Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and others)
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin cultural · 2012
Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche cultural · 2014
The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy cultural · 2015
Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars cultural · 2015
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement cultural · 2016 (shared with Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and others)
Taputapuātea cultural · 2017
Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena natural · 2018
French Austral Lands and Seas natural · 2019
The Great Spa Towns of Europe cultural · 2021 (shared with Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany and others)
Cordouan Lighthouse cultural · 2021
Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera cultural · 2021
Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) cultural · 2023 (shared with Belgium)
The Maison Carrée of Nîmes cultural · 2023
Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique natural · 2023
Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands mixed · 2024
Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan cultural · 2025
Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944 cultural · 2026
Royal Capetian Fortresses of Languedoc cultural · 2026

List from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (to 2026). Each dot is the site’s reference point; sites spread over several places or countries get one dot.