This is a list of lighthouses in France. It includes the French overseas territories.
Metropolitan France
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! Name
! class="unsortable"| Image
! Water body
! Département
! Location &<br />coordinates
! Year built
! class=unsortable|Notes
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| Phare du Cap Leucate
| 120px
| Gulf of Lion
| Aude
| Cap Leucate<br />
| 1950
|
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| Planier Light
| 120px
| Gulf of Lion
| Bouches-du-Rhône
| Île du Planier (Planier island)<br />
| 1959
| The first tower was built in this location in 1320 by Robert d'Anjou.
|-
| Giraglia
| 120px
| Ligurian Sea
| Haute-Corse
| Giraglia Island, north off Cap Corse
| 1848
|
|-
| Héaux de Bréhat Lighthouse
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Côtes-d'Armor
| Île-de-Bréhat<br />
| 1840
|
|-
| Ploumanac'h Lighthouse
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Côtes-d'Armor
| Perros-Guirec<br />
| 1946
| An older lighthouse dating from 1860 was destroyed in 1944 and replaced by the current structure.
|-
| Roches-Douvres Light
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Côtes-d'Armor
| Roches-Douvre reef between Île-de-Bréhat and Guernsey<br />
| 1954
| At a height of it is the eleventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.
|-
| Sept-Îles Lighthouse
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Côtes-d'Armor
| Perros-Guirec<br />
| 1854
| The first lighthouse, a round tower, was illuminated in May 1835, and then replaced in 1854 by a square tower 16 ft (5 m) taller. Destroyed 4 August 1944, it was rebuilt in 1949 and relit in July 1952.
|-
| Triagoz Lighthouse
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Côtes-d'Armor
| Triagoz archipelago<br />
| 1864
|
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| Ar Men
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| West of Île de Sein<br />
| 1881
|
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| Phare d'Eckmühl
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| Penmarc'h<br />
| 1897
| The current tower replaced an older lighthouse constructed in 1835.
|-
| La Vieille
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| Raz de Sein<br />
| 1887
|
|-
| Phare du Créac'h
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| Ushant island<br />
| 1863
|
|-
| Saint-Mathieu Lighthouse
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| Pointe Saint-Mathieu<br />
| 1835
| The lighthouse was classified as a on 23 May 2011.
|-
| Île Vierge Lighthouse
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| Île Vierge<br />
| 1902
| The current tower replaced an older lighthouse from 1845. The island is open to the public from April to September, as is the lighthouse, by appointment.
|-
| La Jument
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| Off Ushant island<br />
| 1911
| Jean Guichard's 1989 dramatic storm photo shots of the Jument Lighthouse became an instant hit and earned him the 2nd place in the 1991 World Press Photo award.
|-
| Petit Minou Lighthouse
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| Roadstead of Brest<br />
| 1848
| Together with the Phare du Portzic, Petit Minou Lighthouse forms a range of lights into the roadstead.
|-
| Phare du Portzic
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| Roadstead of Brest<br />
| 1848
| Together with the Petit Minou Lighthouse, Portzic Lighthouse forms a range of lights into the roadstead.
|-
|
| 120px
| Atlantic Ocean
| Finistère
| On an islet southeast of Bénodet
| 1879
|
|-
|
| 120px
| Bay of Biscay
| Morbihan
| Quiberon<br />
| 1845
|
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| Cap d'Antifer Lighthouse
| 120px
| English Channel
| Seine-Maritime
| La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer<br />
| 1955
|
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| Dunkirk Lighthouse
| 120px
| English Channel
| Nord
| Near Dunkirk<br />
| 1843
|
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| Phare de Sainte Marie
| 120px
| Gulf of Lion
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
| Marseille harbour
| 1855
| The lighthouse is now inactive.
|-
| Île d'Yeu Lighthouse
| 120px
| Bay of Biscay
| Vendée
| Île d'Yeu<br />
| 1950
| The structure, designed by Maurice Durand, is the third serving the site; the original tower, constructed in 1830, was destroyed by German troops near the close of World War II.
|-
| L'Armendèche Lighthouse
| 120px
| Bay of Biscay
| Vendée
| Les Sables-d'Olonne<br />
| 1968
| The lighthouse was designed by Maurice Durand.
|-
| Pointe des Corbeaux Lighthouse
| 120px
| Bay of Biscay
| Vendée
| Île d'Yeu<br />
| 1950
| The lighthouse was designed by Maurice Durand.
|-
| Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse
| 120px
| Bay of Biscay
| Vendée
| Pointe du Grouin du Cou<br />
| 1953
| The lighthouse was designed by Maurice Durand.
|}
French overseas departments and territories
- List of lighthouses in Guadeloupe
- List of lighthouses in French Guiana
- List of lighthouses in Mayotte
- List of lighthouses in Martinique
- List of lighthouses in New Caledonia
- List of lighthouses in French Polynesia
- List of lighthouses in Réunion
- List of lighthouses in Saint Barthélemy
- List of lighthouses in the Collectivity of Saint Martin
- List of lighthouses in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- List of lighthouses in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- List of lighthouses in Wallis and Futuna
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
See also
- Lists of lighthouses
References
External links
- lighthousesRus.org (French listing)
- Marc de Kleijn: Lighthouses of France