Europe and North America
World Heritage in France
57 properties inscribed between 1979 and 2026.
Cultural 48Natural 7Mixed 2
timeline
Inscriptions over time
- 1979Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay · Notre-Dame de Chartres · Palace of Versailles · Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley · Vézelay, Church and Hill
- 1981Abbey of Fontenay · Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments · Notre-Dame d'Amiens · Palace of Fontainebleau · Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
- 1982From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt · Tipasa
- 1983Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe · Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve · Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
- 1985Pont du Gard
- 1988Strasbourg: from Grande-île to Neustadt, a European urban scene
- 1991Royal abbey of Saint-Remi · banks of the Seine
- 1992Bourges Cathedral
- 1995Historic Centre of Avignon
- 1996Canal du Midi
- 1997Cité de Carcassonne · Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site
- 1998Vieux Lyon · Way of Saint James UNESCO World Heritage Sites in France
- 1999Belfries of Belgium and France · Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
- 2000The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
- 2001Provins
- 2005reconstructed center of Le Havre
- 2007Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe · port of the Moon
- 2008Fortifications of Vauban · New Caledonia Barrier Reef
- 2010Episcopal City of Albi · Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
- 2011The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape · prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
- 2012northern French coal mining region
- 2014Chauvet Cave
- 2015Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars · Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
- 2016The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- 2017Taputapuatea marae
- 2018Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
- 2019French Southern and Antarctic Lands nature reserve
- 2021Cordouan Lighthouse · Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera · The Great Spa Towns of Europe
- 2023Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) · Maison Carrée · Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique
- 2024Marquesas Islands
- 2025Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan
- 2026Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944 · Royal Capetian Fortresses of Languedoc
Data: Wikidata (CC0) · danger list as published in 2026 · independent atlas, not affiliated with UNESCO or Petit Futé.























































