List of Castles in France

This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.

Notes
  1. The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English. This list focuses primarily on architectural entities that may be properly termed castle or fortress (French: château-fort), and excludes entities not built around a substantial older castle that is still evident.
  2. Occasionally, where there is not a specific article on a castle, links are given to another article that includes details, typically an article on a town.
  3. Italics indicate links to articles in the French Wikipedia.
  4. If no article appears in either English or French Wikipedias, a link is given to an external website.
  5. The number in parentheses after the name of each department indicates the department number used for administrative purposes.


Nord-Pas
de Calais Picardy
(Picardie) Upper
Normandy Île-de-
France Champagne-
Ardenne Lorraine Alsace Franche-
Comté Burgundy
(Bourgogne) Centre Pays-de-la-
Loire Brittany
(Bretagne) Lower
Normandy Poitou-
Charentes Limousin Auvergne Rhône-
Alpes Aquitaine Midi-Pyrénées Languedoc-
Roussillon Provence-Alpes-
Côte d'Azur Corsica Belgium Luxembourg Germany Switzerland Italy English Channel United Kingdom Bay of
Biscay Andorra Spain Ligurian
Sea Mediterranean
Sea

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