List of World Heritage Sites in France facts for kids

This is a list of World Heritage Sites in France that are in UNESCO's World Heritage List. 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. The first was added to the list in 1979 and the latest in 2011.

Properties on the World Heritage List

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