France

on the Alabaster Coast of Normandy

high above Chamonix, in the Mont Blanc massif

above the Tarn, an hour northeast of Toulouse

between the Vosges and the Rhine

in Picardy, north of Paris

at the north end of Lake Annecy, in the French Alps

on the Côte d'Azur, between Cannes and Nice

at the head of the Champs-Élysées

in Arles, where the Rhône splits for the Camargue

on a hill north of Aix-en-Provence

deep beneath the Causse Méjean, in the south of France

in the Marne valley, east of Paris

between the Arc de Triomphe and the Bois de Boulogne

just inland from the Normandy beaches

an hour north of Paris, in Picardy

off the south coast of Brittany

in the Loire Valley, between Orléans and Tours

on the western edge of Paris

on the north slope of the Luberon, in central Provence

below Beaune, where the limestone slope tips east

south of Dijon, on the Côte d'Or

on the Left Bank of Paris, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés

on a small island in the Gulf of Morbihan, off the Brittany coast

south of Marseille, in the Calanques

in the Rhône delta, south of Arles

in northeastern Paris, between Bastille and La Villette

in Brittany, across the bay from Mont-Saint-Michel

the long curve of the bay in Cannes

the southern point of the Crozon peninsula, in Brittany

on the Bassin d'Arcachon, across the water from the Dune du Pilat

in the Languedoc, above the Aude

above the bay of Quiberon, on the south coast of Brittany

east of Marseille, at the foot of Cap Canaille

in the Marais, east of Les Halles

in the southern Massif Central, north of Montpellier

in the chalk hills between Reims and Épernay

in Paris, between the Tuileries and the arch

an hour southwest of Paris, on the Beauce

in the Loire Valley, east of Tours

on an island in the Indre, southwest of Tours

in the Loire valley, above the Indre

above the Dordogne, in the Périgord Noir

in the Loire Valley, south of Angers

above the Dordogne in the Périgord Noir

in the Loire Valley, east of Blois

north of Paris, where the forest opens onto water

on the Cher, in the Loire Valley

in the Loire Valley, southeast of Blois

in the Loire valley, above the Vienne

on the right bank of the Loire, west of Tours

on the Loire, where the Vienne joins it

above the Loire, in the wine country of Anjou

in Amboise, on the Loire

high in the French Pyrenees, against the Spanish border

high in the French Pyrenees, above Gavarnie

on the Garonne, north of central Bordeaux

in Alsace, where the Lauch slows through Colmar

in southern France, on the road to Santiago

high above the Cérou valley, in the Tarn

the long chalk slope south of Épernay

in Aix-en-Provence, half an hour north of Marseille

on the Norman coast, two hours from Paris

high above the Dordogne, in the Périgord Noir

on the Atlantic, west of Bordeaux

in Alsace, south of Colmar

on the Champ de Mars, on the left bank of the Seine

above the Champ-de-Mars, on the Left Bank

above the Champ de Mars, on the Seine's left bank

on the Alabaster Coast of Normandy

on the Alabaster Coast, the eastern arch above Étretat

above the Côte d'Azur, between Nice and Monaco

in Brittany, west of Rennes

in Paris, just north of the Palais Garnier

at the eastern face of the palace, southwest of Paris

at the foot of the Alpilles, just south of Saint-Rémy

in the Luberon, above the lavender abbey

in the Causses of Quercy, above the Dordogne valley

on the south coast of Brittany

in the king's palace, west of Paris

at the north edge of the Versailles gardens, past the Petit Trianon

above the Alsace plain, in the Vosges

on a chalk hillside above the Marne, north of Épernay

in Beaune, the wine capital of Burgundy

on the Left Bank, east of the Eiffel Tower

in the Seine, between the Left and Right Banks of Paris

on a low island off La Rochelle

where the land runs out, west of Brittany

in the middle of the Seine, just east of Notre-Dame

between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde

in upper Alsace, where the vineyards climb the Vosges

on the Dordogne, between Beynac and Domme

in the French Alps, an hour south of Geneva

in the Dordogne, southwestern France

on the Norman coast, where the Bresle meets the Channel

high in the Alpilles, between Avignon and Arles

along the Loire west of Orléans

in the French Pyrenees, on a bend of the Gave de Pau

in Provence, at the foot of the Luberon

on the east face of the Louvre, facing Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois

in the courtyard of the Louvre, on the right bank of the Seine

at the center of Place de la Concorde, between the Tuileries and the Champs-Élysées

in the centre of Nîmes, half an hour west of Avignon

on the rue des Marchands, in old-town Colmar

behind a carriage door in the Paris Marais

at the foot of the Pyrenees, in Lourdes

in the Luxembourg Garden, on the Left Bank

in the Haute-Savoie, below Mont Blanc

high in the Luberon, on a long limestone spur

on the French Riviera, the last town before Italy

above Chamonix, in the Mont Blanc massif

in the Maritime Alps, north of Nice

in a Norman village west of Paris, where the Epte meets the Seine

in Normandy, an hour northwest of Paris

above Chamonix, where France meets Italy

on a tidal island off the Normandy coast, near the Brittany border

on a tidal island where Normandy meets Brittany

where Normandy meets Brittany

high above the Left Bank rooftops

on the Left Bank, fifty-nine floors up

at the mouth of Marseille's old port

above Omaha Beach, on the bluff at Colleville-sur-Mer

high above Marseille's old port

on the Île de la Cité, in the Seine

on the parvis, on the Île de la Cité

in the Rhône valley, north of Avignon

in old Avignon, above the Rhône

in Paris, at the head of Avenue de l'Opéra

on the Place de l'Opéra, in central Paris

on the hill above the Sorbonne, in the Latin Quarter

in the Dordogne, southwest France

on the grounds of Versailles, west of Paris

in old Strasbourg, where the Ill divides into four

on the western tip of Île de Ré, west of La Rochelle

on the far end of Ouessant, the last island before the open Atlantic

above the Col du Tourmalet, in the French Pyrenees

high in the French Pyrenees, above the Col du Tourmalet

facing the Garonne, in Bordeaux

in the Marais quarter of Paris

in Montmartre, a few steps from Sacré-Cœur

at the western edge of Brittany, above the Raz de Sein

at the western tip of Brittany, above the Iroise Sea

across the Seine, between the Invalides and the Champs-Élysées

in Provence, on the Rhône

in Annecy, where the canal opens onto the lake

where the Hérault leaves its gorges below Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert

above the Gardon, in the south of France

in central Paris, at the tip of the Île de la Cité

in the south of France, below the walled Cité

in Albi, the red city on the Tarn

in Nice, on the Côte d'Azur

in the Alpilles, between the Rhône and the Durance

across the orchards of the Valensole plateau, in upper Provence

on the Valensole Plateau, north of Aix

on the Valensole plateau, above the Verdon

the wild Atlantic edge of southern Brittany

in the chalk country east of Paris

on the Alsace Wine Route, north of Colmar

in the Quercy, above the Alzou canyon

in southern France, half an hour west of Avignon

in Rouen, on the right bank of the Seine

on a ridge in the Luberon, east of Avignon

in old Rouen, between the cathedral and the old market square

in old Dinan, the cobbled way down to the Rance

on Montmartre, the highest point in Paris

above a village in the foothills of the Pyrenees

in the inner suburbs just north of Paris

on the right bank of the Dordogne, east of Bordeaux

on Brittany's Channel coast, at the mouth of the Rance

on the north coast of Brittany, at the mouth of the Rance

in the Alpilles, south of Avignon

on the Côte d'Azur, between Marseille and Cannes

in old Honfleur, on the south bank of the Seine

on the Île de la Cité, in central Paris

in the Périgord Noir of southwest France

in Provence, on the eastern flank of Mont Ventoux

in a hollow north of Gordes, in Provence

in the Latin Quarter, on the left bank of the Seine

in old Strasbourg, on the Grande Île

at the entrance to La Rochelle's old harbour, on the Atlantic coast of France

across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower

on the Normandy coast, across the river from Deauville

on the Norman coast, the western end of the D-Day shore

in Normandy, on the long flat coast

at the head of the Tarentaise, near the Italian border

on the plateau between the Verdon Gorge and the Durance

an hour southeast of Paris

behind the palace, twenty kilometres west of Paris

on the long hill above Vézelay, in northern Burgundy

above the Tarn valley in southern France

across the Seine estuary from Le Havre

on the Côte d'Azur, between Castle Hill and the sea

where Marseille meets the Mediterranean

on the spine of Cap Ferrat, between Nice and Monaco

in the Loire Valley, west of Tours

between Nice and Cap Ferrat, on the Côte d'Azur