Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	France
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv, vi
Reference	868
Region**	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1998  (22nd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. ** Region as classified by UNESCO.

In 1998, several sites in France were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites under the description: Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France. They are places related to the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Western Spain, a part of the Way of Saint James. Usually they are churches or hospitals. Below is a detailed list of these sites:

• Périgueux: cathedral Saint-Front - Aquitaine
• Saint-Avit-Sénieur: church - Aquitaine
• Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: former abbaye - Aquitaine
• Bazas: former cathedral - Aquitaine
• Bordeaux: basilica Saint-Seurin - Aquitaine
• Bordeaux: basilica Saint-Michel - Aquitaine
• Bordeaux: cathedral Saint-André - Aquitaine
• La Sauve-Majeure: abbey - Aquitaine
• La Sauve-Majeure: church Saint-Pierre - Aquitaine
• Soulac-sur-Mer: church Notre-Dame-de-la-Fin-des-Terres - Aquitaine
• Aire-sur-l'Adour: church Sainte-Quitterie - Aquitaine
• Mimizan: bell tower - Aquitaine
• Sorde-l'Abbaye: abbey Saint-Jean - Aquitaine
• Saint-Sever: abbey - Aquitaine
• Agen: cathedral Saint Caprais - Aquitaine
• Bayonne: cathedral Sainte-Marie - Aquitaine
• L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise: church - Aquitaine
• Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port: gate Saint Jacques - Aquitaine
• Oloron-Sainte-Marie: church Sainte Marie - Aquitaine
• Clermont-Ferrand: church Notre-Dame du Port - Auvergne
• Le Puy-en-Velay: cathedral - Auvergne
• Le Puy-en-Velay: Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques - Auvergne
• Le Mont-Saint-Michel - Basse-Normandie
• La Charité-sur-Loire: church Sainte-Croix-Notre-Dame - Bourgogne
• Asquins: church Saint-Jacques d'Asquins - Bourgogne
• Vézelay: former abbatial church Sainte-Madeleine - Bourgogne
• Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre: collegial church Saint-Etienne (formerly collegial church Saint-Jacques) - Centre
• Bourges: cathedral Saint-Etienne - Centre
• L'Épine: basilica Notre-Dame - Champagne-Ardenne
• Châlons-en-Champagne: church Notre-Dame-en-Vaux - Champagne-Ardenne
• Paris: church Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie - Île-de-France
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert: former abbey de Gellone - Languedoc-Roussillon
• Aniane/Saint-Jean-de-Fos: Pont du Diable - Languedoc-Roussillon
• Saint-Gilles-du-Gard: former abbatial church - Languedoc-Roussillon
• Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat: church Saint-Léonard - Limousin
• Audressein: church of Tramesaygues - Midi-Pyrénées
• Saint-Lizier: former cathedral and cloister, cathedral Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède, episcopal palace, rempart - Midi-Pyrénées
• Conques: Saint Foy abbey-church - Midi-Pyrénées
• Conques: bridge over the Dourdou - Midi-Pyrénées
• Espalion: Pont-Vieux - Midi-Pyrénées
• Estaing: bridge over the Lot - Midi-Pyrénées
• Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac: bridge called "des pèlerins " over the Boralde - Midi-Pyrénées
• Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges: former cathedral Notre-Dame - Midi-Pyrénées
• Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges: paleo-Christian basilica, chapel Saint-Julien - Midi-Pyrénées
• Toulouse: basilica Saint-Sernin - Midi-Pyrénées
• Toulouse: Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques - Midi-Pyrénées
• Valcabrère: church Saint-Just - Midi-Pyrénées
• Auch: cathedral Sainte-Marie - Midi-Pyrénées
• Beaumont-sur-l'Osse and Larressingle: Pont d'Artigue or of Lartigue - Midi-Pyrénées
• La Romieu: collegial church Saint-Pierre - Midi-Pyrénées
• Cahors: cathedral Saint-Etienne - Midi-Pyrénées
• Cahors: Valentré Bridge - Midi-Pyrénées
• Gréalou: dolmen of Pech-Laglaire - Midi-Pyrénées
• Figeac: hospital Saint-Jacques - Midi-Pyrénées
• Rocamadour: church Saint-Sauveur and crypt Saint-Amadour - Midi-Pyrénées
• Aragnouet: hospice of the Plan and chapel Notre-Dame- de-l'Assomption, aka. chapelle des Templiers - Midi-Pyrénées
• Gavarnie: parochial church - Midi-Pyrénées
• Jézeau: church Saint-Laurent - Midi-Pyrénées
• Ourdis-Cotdoussan: church of Cotdussan - Midi-Pyrénées
• Rabastens: church Notre-Dame-du-Bourg - Midi-Pyrénées
• Moissac: abbey-church Saint-Pierre and cloister - Midi-Pyrénées
• Amiens: cathedral Notre-Dame - Picardie
• Folleville: parochial church Saint-Jean-Baptiste - Picardie
• Compiègne: parochial church Saint-Jacques - Picardie
• Saintes: church Sainte-Eutrope - Poitou-Charentes
• Saint-Jean-d'Angély: royal abbey Saint-Jean-Baptiste - Poitou-Charentes
• Melle: church Saint-Hilaire - Poitou-Charentes
• Aulnay: church Saint-Pierre - Poitou-Charentes
• Poitiers: church Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand - Poitou-Charentes
• Pons: former hospital des Pèlerins - Poitou-Charentes
• Arles - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
• Chemin du Puy: between Nasbinals and Saint- Chély- d'Aubrac (17 km) - Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées
• Chemin du Puy: between Saint-Côme-d'Olt and Estaing (17 km) - Midi-Pyrénées
• Chemin du Puy: between Montredon and Figeac (18 km) - Midi-Pyrénées
• Chemin du Puy: between Faycelles and Cajarc (22.5 km) - Midi-Pyrénées
• Chemin du Puy: between Bach and Cahors (26 km) - Midi-Pyrénées
• Chemin du Puy: between Lectoure and Condom (35 km) - Midi-Pyrénées
• Chemin du Puy: between Aroue and Ostabat (22 km) - Aquitaine

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v • d • e World Heritage Sites in France Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe · Amiens Cathedral · Belfries of Belgium and France (with Belgium) · Bordeaux · Bourges Cathedral · Canal du Midi · Carcassonne · Cathedral of Chartres · Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims · Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay · Palace of Fontainebleau and Park · Fortifications of Vauban · Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans · Gulf of Porto (Calanches de Piana • Gulf of Girolata • Scandola Reserve) · Lagoons of New Caledonia · Le Havre · Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes · Lyon · Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay · Palace and Park of Versailles · Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge, Avignon · Paris – Banks of the Seine · Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance, Nancy · Pont du Gard · Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley · Provins · Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (with Spain) · Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments · Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and Triumphal Arch of Orange · Routes of Santiago de Compostela · Saint-Émilion · Strasbourg – Grande Île · Vézelay Church and Hill

Coordinates: 44°50′17″N 0°34′41″W / 44.838°N 0.578°W / 44.838; -0.578