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France ratified the World Heritage Convention on 27 June, 1975. As of August 2010, it has 35 World Heritage Sites, of which 31 are in the cultural category, three in the natural category, and one in the mixed category. France also has a further 37 sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.

  1. Chartres Cathedral
  2. Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  3. Palace and Park of Versailles
  4. Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
  5. Vézelay, Church and Hill
  6. Amiens Cathedral
  7. Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
  8. Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  9. Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
  10. Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
  11. From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the production of open-pan salt
  12. Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
  13. Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
  14. Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
  15. Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
  16. Strasbourg - Grande Île
  17. Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
  18. Paris, Banks of the Seine
  19. Bourges Cathedral
  20. Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
  21. Canal du Midi
  22. Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
  23. Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
  24. Historic Site of Lyons
  25. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
  26. Belfries of Belgium and France
  27. Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
  28. The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
  29. Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
  30. Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  31. Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
  32. Fortifications of Vauban
  33. Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
  34. Episcopal City of Albi
  35. Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island
  36. The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean Agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape (2011)
  37. Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (2011, join inscription for Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia)

Sites in France on the World Heritage Tentative List

  1. Sites mégalithiques de Carnac (1996)
  2. Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (1996)
  3. Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (1996)
  4. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (1996)
  5. Les villes bastionnées des Pays-Bas du nord-ouest de l'Europe (1996)
  6. Les Iles Marquises (1996)
  7. Le massif forestier de Fontainebleau (1996)
  8. Le vignoble Champenois (2002)
  9. Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cézaniens (1996)
  10. Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France (2000)
  11. Parc national de la Vanoise (2000)
  12. Massif du Mont Blanc (2000)
  13. La Camargue (2002)
  14. Le massif corallien et les écosystèmes associés de Nouvelle-Calédonie (2002)
  15. Bouches de Bonifacio (2002)
  16. Mercantour / Alpi Marittime (2002)
  17. Parc national des Écrins (2002)
  18. Parc national de Port-Cros (2002)
  19. Marais salants de Guérande (2002)
  20. Vignoble des côtes de Nuits et de Beaune (2002)
  21. Le rivage méditerranéen des Pyrénées (2002)
  22. Bassin minier du Nord-Pas-de-Calais (2002)
  23. Rade de Marseille (2002)
  24. Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire : Nîmes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducs, via Domitia (2002)
  25. Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne (2002)
  26. Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales, Meudon (2002)
  27. Hangar Y (2002)
  28. Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel (2002)
  29. Phare de Cordouan (2002)
  30. L’œuvre architecturale et urbaine de Le Corbusier (2006)
  31. Centre ancien de Sarlat (2002)
  32. Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente (2002)
  33. La Grotte ornée Chauvet-Pont d'Arc (2007)
  34. Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (2009)

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Chartes Cathedral, France
Chartes Cathedral, France
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Salins-les-Bains saltworks, France
Salins-les-Bains saltworks, France
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Eglise Saint Trophime, Arles
Eglise Saint Trophime, Arles
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Quai de la Garonne, Bordeaux
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Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Lyon
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