World Heritage Sites List

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that is on the list that is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 state parties.

A World Heritage Site is a place of either cultural or physical significance.

The heritage site list is a great way to start with if you want to see the best out of a country or region.

  
France:

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

Cultural

• Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (1983)
• Amiens Cathedral (1981)
• Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (1981)
• Belfries of Belgium and France (1999)
• Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2007)
• Bourges Cathedral (1992)
• Canal du Midi (1996)
• Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991)
• Chartres Cathedral (1979)
• Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981)
• Fortifications of Vauban (2008)
• From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the production of open-pan salt (1982)
• Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (1995)
• Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997)
• Historic Site of Lyons (1998)
• Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (1999)
• Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2005)
• Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1979)
• Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (1981)
• Palace and Park of Versailles (1979)
• Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991)
• Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (1983)
• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (1985)
• Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (1979)
• Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (2001)
• Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (1981)
• Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (1998)
• Strasbourg – Grande île (1988)
• The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (2000)
• Vézelay, Church and Hill (1979)

Natural

• Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (1983)
• Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (2008)

Mixed

• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997)