Monuments of France  World Heritage sites
Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion		Nouvelle-Aquitaine		cultural	1999	-	[24]
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]
Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay		Normandy		cultural	1979	2007	[26]
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau		Île-de-France		cultural	1981	-	[27]
Palace and Park of Versailles		Île-de-France		cultural	1979	2007	[28]
Paris, Banks of the Seine		Île-de-France		cultural	1991	-	[29]
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy		Grand Est	18th century	cultural	1983	-	[30]
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)		Occitanie	1st century AD	cultural	1985	2007	[31]
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs		Île-de-France		cultural	2001	-	[32]
Historic site of Lyon		Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes		cultural	1998	-	[33]
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]
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley		Nouvelle-Aquitaine		cultural	1979	-	[35]
Strasbourg – From the Grande Île to the Neustadt		Grand Est		cultural	1988	2017	[36]
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange		Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur		cultural	1981	2007	[37]
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]
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne		Occitanie		cultural	1997	-	[39]
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve		Corsica	N/A	natural	1983	-	[40]
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems		New Caledonia	N/A	natural	2008	-	Diversity of ecosystems in New Caledonia Barrier Reef [41]
The Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Réunion Island		Réunion	N/A	natural	2010	-	[42]
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu		Occitanie	N/A	mixed	1997	1999	Transboundary property, shared with Spain [43]
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]
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]
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]
Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars		Grand Est	17th century–present	cultural	2015	-	Sites where the method of producing sparkling wines was developed. [46]
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]
Taputapuātea		French Polynesia	10th century	cultural	2017		A Polynesian political, ceremonial and funerary centre. [49]
Chaine des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena		Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes		natural	2018		A geologically important site illustrating the process of continental rifting. [50]
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]
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]
Cordouan Lighthouse		Nouvelle-Aquitaine		cultural	2021		Cordouan Lighthouse embodies the great stages of the architectural and technological history of lighthouses. [53]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]

Properties submitted on the Tentative List[edit]

Property names as submitted by France and year of inscription on Tentative List. Translation of site names provided in italics for reference purposes; official translation of site name proposed only once site is put forward for consideration on World Heritage List.

• Sites mégalithiques de Carnac, 1996. Carnac megalithic sites
• Cathédrale de Saint-Denis, 1996. Saint-Denis Cathedral
• Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou, 1996. Rouen: timber-framed urban area, Rouen Cathedral, Basilica of Saint Ouen, Church of Saint Maclou
• Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, 1996. Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle
• Les villes bastionnées des Pays-Bas du nord-ouest de l'Europe, 1996. Fortified cities of the Low Countries of north-western Europe
• Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cézaniens, 1996. Mount Saint Victoire and Paul Cézanne sites
• Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France, 2000. Concretion cave complexes in southern France
• Parc national de la Vanoise, 2000. Vanoise National Park
• Massif du Mont Blanc, 2000. Mont Blanc
• La Camargue, 2002. The Camargue
• Bouches de Bonifacio, 2002. Strait of Bonifacio
• Parc national des Écrins, 2002. Écrins National Park
• Parc national de Port-Cros, 2002. Port Cros National Park
• Marais salants de Guérande, 2002. Guérande salt marshes
• Le rivage méditerranéen des Pyrénées, 2002. Mediterranean shore of the Pyrenees Mountains
• Rade de Marseille, 2002. Bay of Marseille
• Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire : Nîmes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducts, via Domitia, 2002. Roman Narbonensian cities and area: Nîmes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducts, via Domitia
• Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne, 2002. Cerdagne railway
• Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales, Meudon, 2002. National Aerospace Research Centre, Meudon
• Hangar Y, 2002. Hangar Y
• Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel, 2002. Former Menier chocolate factory in Noisiel
• Centre ancien de Sarlat, 2002. Historic centre of Sarlat
• Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente, 2002. Rochefort arsenal and fortifications of the Charente Rivers estuary
• Les Iles Marquises, 2010. Marquesas Islands
• Metz Royal et Impériale, enjeux de pouvoir, confrontations stylistiques et identité urbaine, 2014. Royal and Imperial Metz, power plays, stylistic exchange and urban identity^[59]
• Les Plages du Débarquement, Normandie, 1944, 2014. Allied landing beaches in Normandy, 1944
• Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne, 2017. City of Carcassonne and its mountain sentinel castles.^[60]
• Le Charolais-Brionnais, paysage culturel de l'élevage bovin, 2018. Charolais-Brionnais region, a cultural landscape for cattle farming
• Domaine de Fontainebleau : château, jardins, parc et forêt, 2020. Fontainebleau Castle, Gardens, Park and Forest
• Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l’État des Pyrénées : la Co-principauté d’Andorre, 2021. The built heritage of the construction of a State in the Pyrenees: the Co-principality of Andorra
• Saint-Honorat, Île monastique de l’archipel de Lérins à Cannes, 2022. Saint-Honorat, a monastic island in the Lérins archipelago at Cannes
• L’observatoire du pic du Midi de Bigorre, pionnier en haute montagne, 2022. Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory, a high-altitude pioneer

See also

• List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in France
• List of World Heritage Sites in Western Europe
• Tourism in Brittany
• Tourism in France

References