The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
UNESCO World Heritage · 2011

The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape

Cultural

WHS ID

1153

Inscribed

2011

Category

Cultural

Description

This 302,319 ha property, in the southern part of central France, is a mountain landscape interspersed by deep valleys that is representative of the relationship between agro-pastoral systems and their biophysical environment, notably through drailles or drove roads. Villages and substantial stone farmhouses on deep terraces of the Causses reflect the organization of large abbeys from the 11th century. Mont Lozère, inside the property, is one of the last places where summer transhumance is still practiced in the traditional way, using the drailles.

Inscription details

Field Value
WHS ID 1153
Inscribed 2011
Category Cultural
Criteria (iii)(v)
State party France
Transboundary No
French name Les Causses et les Cévennes, paysage culturel de l’agro-pastoralisme méditerranéen

Protected monuments

Monument Commune Protected
Chapelle de l’hôpital Gien 2022
Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame Véretz 2022
Moulin à vent du Fresne (ou de la Petite Roche) Savennières 1975
Immeuble de Châteaudun Châteaudun 1953
Maison dite du Médecin Huvé Chartres 1862
Château de Quincy et ses dépendances Quincy 1992
Eglise de Varenne (ancienne) Louresse-Rochemenier 1977
Hôtel de François Minard Bourges 2006
Maison de Richelieu Richelieu 1932
Eglise de Vezot Vezot 1976
Maison du 16e siècle de Candes-Saint-Martin Candes-Saint-Martin 1951
Ancien prieuré de Saint-Genest Perrusson 1928
Immeuble sur cours Cambronne Nantes 1949
Eglise Saint-Paxent de Massay Massay 1911
Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre Mehun-sur-Yèvre 1840

Loire appellations

Appellation Avg score Reviews Color
Sancerre 89.3 554 White
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine 88.6 237 White
Pouilly-Fumé 89.6 153 White
Vouvray 88.4 153 White
Touraine 86.3 85 White
Chinon 88.7 72 Red
Menetou-Salon 87.3 69 White
Crémant de Loire 87.5 54 Sparkling
Val de Loire 85.6 41 White
Saumur 88.4 40 White
Anjou 87.6 36 White
Rosé d'Anjou 84 35 Rosé

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Updated: April 14, 2026.