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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 &
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
Lists of lighthouses in France (1 C, 1 P) + Lighthouses in Overseas France (5 C) Pages in category "Lighthouses in France"
At 82.5 metres (271 ft), Île Vierge Lighthouse (right) is the tallest lighthouse in Europe. It is also the tallest "traditional" lighthouse in the world. [4] [5] Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.
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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.
Phare de Gatteville, also known as Pointe de Barfleur Light, is an active lighthouse near Gatteville-le-Phare at the tip of Barfleur, Manche department, in the Normandy region of France. At a height of 247 feet (75 m) it is the third tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.
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").