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World Heritage Sites in France

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    Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which incorporates 139 cemeteries and memorials on the Western Front of the First World War. On 20 September 2023, UNESCO designated the locations as a World Heritage site.
  • Pont-de-Crau
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    Pont-de-Crau is a village of 3,200 inhabitants within the municipality of Arles, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France. It is named after the bridge/aqueduct that was built circa 1585 to carry the Canal de Craponne across the fetid swamps south east of the city.
  • Neustadt (Strasbourg)
    Neustadt (Strasbourg) District of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin in France
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    The Neustadt (German for New Town) is a district of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. In 2017, the heart of the district was confirmed as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.
  • Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
    Climats, terroirs of Burgundy UNESCO World Heritage Site in France
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    Climats, terroirs of Burgundy are a series of properties that exemplify the viticulture practices of the Burgundy wine region, including climats, a political regulatory impetus, and terroirs, an agricultural system sympathetic to local geography, geology and climate. It includes:
  • Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars
    Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars World Heritage site in France
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    Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars is the name given to several sites in the Champagne region of France inscribed to the list of World Heritage Sites in 2015 for their historical ties to the production and sale of champagne. Those sites include:
  • Mont Saint Michel Abbey
    Mont Saint Michel Abbey Religious building
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    The Mont Saint Michel Abbey is located within the city and island of Mont-Saint-Michel in Lower Normandy, in the department of Manche.
  • Caves of Gargas
    Caves of Gargas Cave and archaeological site in France
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    The Caves of Gargas (French: Grottes de Gargas) in the Pyrenees region of France are known for their cave art from the Upper Paleolithic period - about 27,000 years old.
  • Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
    Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin UNESCO World Heritage Site in northeast France
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    Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin is an area of France that has been added to the 2012 UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. This area has been shaped after three centuries of coal extraction from 18th century to 20th century and illustrates a significant period in the history of industrialisation in Europe.
  • Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
    Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps Prehistoric pile dwelling settlements around the Alps
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    Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. 111 sites, located in Switzerland (56), Italy (19), Germany (18), France (11), Austria (5 sites), and Slovenia (2), were added to UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 2011. In Slovenia, this was the first listed cultural world heritage site.
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Sections of the Way of St. James in France part of the World Heritage Site in France
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    UNESCO designated the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France as a World Heritage site in December 1998. The routes pass through the following regions of France: Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Midi-Pyrénées, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. UNESCO cites the routes' role in "religious and cultural exchange", the development of "specialized edifices" along the routes, and their "exceptional witness to the power and influence of Christian faith among people of all classes and countries in Europe during the Middle Ages".
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