Detourmap
Places worth the detour in France
Detourmap lists 1,963 places in France, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (997). Best known: Mont Blanc. 1,587 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 1,963
- Oldest here
- menhir d'Er Grah 5000 BC
- Little known
- 1,587 of 1,963
- City pages
- 6
By region
15 first-level divisions of France have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
6 cities in France have enough places for a page of their own.
Archaeological & historic sites in France 997
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1.Pont du Gard
Archaeological · 1st century · Renowned
Ancient Roman aqueduct bridge that crosses the Gardon River in Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
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3.Louvre Pyramid
Archaeological · 20th century · Renowned
Glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace
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5.Roman Theatre of Orange
Archaeological · 1st century BC · Renowned
Ancient Roman theatre in Orange, France
Nature & landscapes in France 966
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3.Bay of Biscay
Nature · Iconic
Gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in France?
Mont Blanc. Highest mountain in the Alps. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in France?
1,963: 997 archaeological & historic sites and 966 nature & landscapes. 1,587 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in France?
menhir d'Er Grah, dated to 5000 BC. 125 of the 1,963 places here carry a founding date at all, and 28 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.