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This is a list of lighthouses in France. It includes the French overseas territories. Metropolitan France. Name Image Water body Département Location &
Spa town of Vichy represents this site in France. [52] 1625 Cordouan Lighthouse: Nouvelle-Aquitaine: cultural 2021 Cordouan Lighthouse embodies the great stages of the architectural and technological history of lighthouses. [53] 1635 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: cultural 2021
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Anchorage Range Rear Lighthouse: n/a: Port-aux-Français: F R: 21 metres (69 ft) 33112: K0821.41: 12 Baie du Morbihan Range Front Lighthouse: Image Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine: n/a: Kerguelen Islands
La Vieille ("The Old Lady" or "The Wrass") is a lighthouse in the département of Finistère at the commune of Plogoff, on the northwest coast of France.It lies on the rock known as Gorlebella (Breton for "farthest rock"), guiding mariners in the strait Raz de Sein, across from the companion lighthouse Tourelle de la Plate—also known as Petite Vieille ("Little Old Woman").
Cordouan lighthouse (French pronunciation: [kɔʁdwɑ̃]) is an active lighthouse located 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary in France. [1] At a height of 67.5 metres (221 ft), [ 2 ] it is the tenth-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.
Two hundred and forty cannons and a formidable moat helped protect a waterway leading to the military port town of Brest, on France's northwest coast. The waters offshore are notoriously treacherous, so in 1848, the Phare (lighthouse) du Petit Minou was added in front of the fort to aid navigation through the Goulet de Brest strait.