France

France

France landmarks

Main Cities

                                                                                                                                              

 Important places to visit in France

                                     

Paris Highlights

                         

Other Cities Highlights

             

Castles of France

                       

Map of France

France map

Map of France

Where is France on Map of Europe

location France on Map of Europe

Where is France on Map of Europe

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Flag of France

Capital: Paris

Area: 643.801 km2

Population: 66.6 millions (2014)

Language: French

Main airports in France:

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)

Paris Orly Airport (ORY)

Nice Airport (NCE)

Lyon St Exupery Airport (LYS)

Marseille Airport (MRS)

Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS)

Mulhouse Euroairport (BSL/MLH/EAP)

Bordeaux Merignac Airport (BOD)

Nantes Airport (NTE)

Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA)

Lille Lesquin Airport (LIL)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in France

  • Abbey Church of Saint Savin sur Gartempe
  • Cistercian Abbey of Fontenai
  • Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
  • Church and Hill of Vézelay
  • Belfries of Belgium and France
  • Bordeaux Port of the Moon
  • Canal du Midi
  • Amiens Cathedral
  • Bourges Cathedral
  • Chartres Cathedral
  • Reims (Cathedral of Notre Dame, Former Abbey of Saint Remy and Palace of Tau)
  • The Chausses and the Cévennes (Mediterranean agro pastoral Cultural Landscape)
  • Historical Centre of Avignon (Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge)
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
  • Episcopal City of Albi
  • From the Great Saltworks of Salins les Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc et Senans (the production of Open pan Salt)
  • Fortifications of Vauban
  • Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  • Mont St Michel and its bay
  • Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
  • Palace and Park of Versailles
  • Paris (Banks of the Seine)
  • Nancy (Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance)
  • Pont du Gard
  • Provins (Town of Medieval Fairs)
  • Historic Site of Lyon
  • Prehistoric pile dwellings around The Alps
  • Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézere Valley
  • Strasbourg (Grande Ile and Neustadt)
  • Roman Theatre and its Surrondings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange
  • The Loire Valley between Sully sur Loire and Chalonnes sur Loire
  • Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
  • Gulf of Porto (Calanques de Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve)
  • Lagoons of New Caledonia (Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems)
  • The Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Réunion Island
  • Pyrénées – Mont Perdu
  • Nord Pas de Calais Mining Basin
  • Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc (known as Grotte Chauvet – Pont d’Arc Ardèche)
  • The Climats (Terroirs of Burgundy)
  • Champagne Hillsides (Houses and Cellars)
  • The Architectural Work of Le Courbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement)
  • Taputapuatea in French Polynesia

UNESCO Tentative List

  • Carnac Megalithic Sites
  • Cathedral of St Denis
  • Rouen (Cathedral, Saint Ouen Church, Saint Maclou Church)
  • Vaux le Vicomte Castle
  • Fortified Cities of the Low Countries of North Western France
  • Vanois National Park
  • Mont Blanc
  • La Camargue
  • Straight of Bonifacio
  • Ecrins National Park
  • Port Cros National Park
  • Guérande Salt Marches
  • Mediterranean Shore of Pyrenees Mountains
  • Bay of Marseille
  • Roman Narbonensian cities and area (Nimes, Arles, Glanum, Aqueducts and Via Domitia)
  • Cerdagne Railway
  • National Aerospace Research Centre
  • Hangar Y
  • Former Menier Chocolate Factory in Noisiel
  • Cordouan Lighthouse
  • Historic Centre of Sarlat
  • Rochefort Arsenal and Fortifications of Charente River Estuary
  • Marquesas Islands
  • Puys volcanic mountains and Limagne fault line
  • Nimes from antiquity to present
  • Marittime Mercantour Transboundary Area (The Maritime Alps)
  • Royal and Imperial Metz
  • Volcanic and Forested areas of Martinique
  • Allied landing beaches of Normandy
  • World War One Cemeteries and Memorials
  • Great Spas of Europe
  • From Grande Ile to Neustadt, a European expression of urban development
  • French Southern Lands National Nature Reserve
  • The Mediterranean Alps
  • Nice the new town born of tourism of the invention of the Riviera