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This list of lakes in France roughly distinguishes three categories: the mountain lakes, sorted first by massif, and then by départements; the lakes in plains, sorted by river basin; and the coastal lakes.
Gruissan from Narbonne plage location in the South of France The Côte d'Améthyste ( French pronunciation: [kot dametist] ; Catalan : Costa Ametista ; lit. ' Amethyst Coast ' ) is a name given to most of the Mediterranean coast of the Occitanie region in France along the Gulf of Lion .
Soorts-Hossegor (French pronunciation: [sɔʁts ɔsgɔʁ]; Occitan: Sòrts e Òssagòr) is a commune in the French department of Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France, 20 km (12 miles) north of Biarritz. The town is on a 3,700-acre (1,500 ha) plot of land with 4 beaches on 3.5 km of European Atlantic shoreline, and a lake.
Off the east coast of the peninsula lies the island of Tatihou and the Îles Saint-Marcouf. The oldest stone in France is found in outcroppings on the coast of Cap de la Hague, at the tip of the peninsula. [3] Cotentin was almost an island at one time. Only a small strip of land in the heath of Lessay connected the peninsula with the mainland. [4]
The Étang de Thau (French pronunciation: [etɑ̃ də to]; Occitan: Estanh de Taur) or Bassin de Thau is the largest of a string of lagoons (étangs) that stretch along the French coast from the Rhône river to the foothills of the Pyrenees and the border to Spain in the Languedoc-Roussillon. Although it has a high salinity, it is considered ...
This category is for articles pertaining to lakes in France. Reservoirs are also listed in Category:Reservoirs in France . The main article for this category is List of lakes in France .
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A view of the Viaduc de Méjean on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway in the commune of Ensuès-la-Redonne Location of the Côte Bleue (navy blue) in the South of France. The Côte Bleue (French pronunciation: [kot blø]; Provençal Occitan: Còsta Blava; English: "Blue Coast") is part of Provence's southwestern coast on the Mediterranean Sea, reaching from northern Marseille in the east to the ...