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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in France| Year | Property | | 1979 | Chartres Cathedral | | 1979 | Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay | | 1979 | Palace and Park of Versailles | | 1979 | Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley | | 1979 | Vézelay, Church and Hill | | 1981 | Amiens Cathedral | | 1981 | Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments | | 1981 | Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay | | 1981 | Palace and Park of Fontainebleau | | 1981 | Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange | | 1982 | From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the production of open-pan salt | | 1983 | Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | | 1983 | Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve # | | 1983 | Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy | | 1985 | Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) | | 1988 | Strasbourg – Grande île | | 1991 | Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims | | 1991 | Paris, Banks of the Seine | | 1992 | Bourges Cathedral | | 1995 | Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge | | 1996 | Canal du Midi | | 1997 | Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne | | 1997 | Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * | | 1998 | Historic Site of Lyons | | 1998 | Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | | 1999 | Belfries of Belgium and France * 26 | | 1999 | Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion | | 2000 | The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes 28 | | 2001 | Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs | | 2005 | Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret | | 2007 | Bordeaux, Port of the Moon | | 2008 | Fortifications of Vauban | | 2008 | Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems | | 2010 | Episcopal City of Albi | | 2011 | Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps | | 2011 | The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape |
UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in France| Year | Site Name | | 1977 | Camargue (delta du Rhône) | | 1977 | Commune de Fakarava | | 1977 | Vallée du Fango | | 1984 | Cévennes | | 1988 | Iroise | | 1990 | Mont Ventoux | | 1992 | Archipel de la Guadeloupe | | 1997 | Luberon | | 1998 | Pays de Fontainebleau | | 1998 | Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald |
France Articles
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