Battlefields in France
288 battlefields within the borders of France today, listed by date, each linked to the nearest place to visit.
- Battle of Rhone Crossing217 BC
- Battle of Arausio104 BC
- Battle of Aquae Sextiae101 BC · nearest place to visit: Marseille, France
- Battle of Magetobria62 BC
- Battle of Bibracte57 BC
- Battle of the Arar57 BC · nearest place to visit: Lyon, France
- Battle of Vosges57 BC · nearest place to visit: Basel, Switzerland
- Battle of the Axona56 BC
- Battle of the Sabis56 BC · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Alesia51 BC · nearest place to visit: Dijon, France
- Battle of Lutetia51 BC · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Siege of Avaricum51 BC
- Siege of Massilia48 BC · nearest place to visit: Marseille, France
- Battle of Lugdunum197 · nearest place to visit: Lyon, France
- Battle of Pavia271 · nearest place to visit: Milan, Italy
- Battle of Châlons274
- Battle of Lingones298
- Battle of Mons Seleucus353
- Battle of Brumath356 · nearest place to visit: Strasbourg, France
- Battle of Durocortorum356
- Battle of Strasbourg357 · nearest place to visit: Strasbourg, France
- Battle of Argentovaria378
- Battle of Narbonne436
- Battle of the Maureaco Fields451
- Battle of Orleans463 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Battle of Soissons486
- Battle of Vouille507
- Battle of Vézeronce524
- Battle of Autun532
- Battle of Tertry687
- Battle of Compiègne715 · nearest place to visit: Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
- Battle of Vicy717
- Battle of Soissons718
- Battle of Toulouse721 · nearest place to visit: Toulouse, France
- Battle of the River Garonne732 · nearest place to visit: Bordeaux, France
- Battle of Tours732 · nearest place to visit: Joué-lès-Tours, France
- Battle of Avignon737
- Battle of Narbonne737
- Battle of the River Berre737
- Battle of Orbiel River793
- Battle of Fontenoy841
- Battle of Ballon845 · nearest place to visit: Rennes, France
- Battle of Jengland851 · nearest place to visit: Rennes, France
- Battle of Brissarthe866
- Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu881
- Battle of Soissons923
- Battle of Tourtour973 · nearest place to visit: Cannes, France
- Battle of Val-ès-Dunes1047
- Battle of Mortemer1054 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Battle of Cassel1071 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Tinchebray1106
- Battle of Brémule1119 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Battle of Gisors1198 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Massacre at Béziers1209
- Battle of Muret1213 · nearest place to visit: Toulouse, France
- Battle of Bouvines1214 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Roche-au-Moine1214
- Battle of Taillebourg1242
- Battle of Cassel1328 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Saint-Omer1340 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Deez Nutz1342
- Battle of Morlaix1342
- Battle of Auberoche1345
- Battle of Blanchetaque1346
- Battle of Caen1346
- Battle of Crécy1346
- Siege of Calais1346 · nearest place to visit: Dover–Calais, English Channel
- Combat of the Thirty1351
- Battle of Poitiers1356
- Battle of Brignais1362 · nearest place to visit: Lyon, France
- Battle of Auray1364
- Battle of Cocherel1364 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Battle of Pontvallain1370 · nearest place to visit: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France
- Battle of La Rochelle1372
- Battle of Agincourt1415
- Siege of Rouen1418 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Battle of Baugé1421
- Siege of Meaux1421 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Battle of Cravant1423
- Battle of La Brossinière1423
- Battle of Verneuil1424
- Siege of Orléans1428 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Battle of Beaugency1429
- Battle of Jargeau1429 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Battle of Meung-sur-Loire1429 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Battle of Patay1429 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Battle of the Herrings1429 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Siege of Paris1429 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Siege of Compiègne1430
- Battle of Gerberoy1435 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Battle of Formigny1450
- Battle of Castillon1453 · nearest place to visit: Bordeaux, France
- Battle of Héricourt1474
- Battle of Nancy1476
- Battle of Guinegate1479 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier1488 · nearest place to visit: Rennes, France
- Battle of Guinegate1513 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Siege of Marseille1524 · nearest place to visit: Marseille, France
- Battle of St. Quentin1557
- Battle of Gravelines1558 · nearest place to visit: Dover–Calais, English Channel
- Battle of Dreux1562
- Battle of Saint-Denis1567 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Battle of Jarnac1569
- Battle of Moncontour1569
- Battle of Coutras1587 · nearest place to visit: Bordeaux, France
- Battle of Arques1589 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Battle of Honnecourt1642
- Battle of Rocroi1643
- Battle of Lens1648 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Arras1654 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Valenciennes1656 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of the Dunes1658
- Battle of Entzheim1674 · nearest place to visit: Strasbourg, France
- Battle of Turckheim1675
- Battle of Cassel1677 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Camaret1694
- Siege of Toulon1707 · nearest place to visit: Marseille, France
- Battle of Malplaquet1709
- Battle of Denain1712 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Toulon1744
- Raid on Rochefort1757
- Battle of Cuddalore1758 · nearest place to visit: Puducherry, India
- Battle of Negapatam1758
- Battle of Saint Cast1758
- Raid on Cherbourg1758
- Battle of Pondicherry1759 · nearest place to visit: Puducherry, India
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1759
- Battle of Ponte Novu1769
- Battle of The Cedars1776 · nearest place to visit: Montréal, Canada
- Battle of Ushant1778
- Battle of Martinique1780 · nearest place to visit: Roseau, Dominica
- Battle of Valmy1792
- Battle of Verdun1792
- Battle of Cholet1793 · nearest place to visit: Nantes, France
- Battle of Entrames1793
- Battle of Famars1793 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte1793
- Battle of Hondschoote1793 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of La Tremblaye1793 · nearest place to visit: Nantes, France
- Battle of Le Mans1793
- Battle of Luçon1793
- Battle of Mas Deu1793
- Battle of Nantes1793 · nearest place to visit: Nantes, France
- Battle of Peyrestortes1793
- Battle of Saumur1793 · nearest place to visit: Joué-lès-Tours, France
- Battle of Savenay1793 · nearest place to visit: Nantes, France
- Battle of Tiffauges1793 · nearest place to visit: Nantes, France
- Battle of Truillas1793
- Battle of Wattignies1793
- First Battle of Cholet1793 · nearest place to visit: Nantes, France
- First Battle of Wissembourg1793 · nearest place to visit: Strasbourg, France
- Second Battle of Wissembourg1793 · nearest place to visit: Strasbourg, France
- Battle of Boulou1794
- Battle of Tourcoing1794 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Groix1795
- Battle of Hyères Islands1795
- Invasion of France1795
- Action of 13 January 17971797
- Battle of Diamond Rock1805 · nearest place to visit: Fort-de-France, Martinique
- Battle of the Basque Roads1809
- Battle of the Bidassoa1813 · nearest place to visit: Pamplona, Spain
- Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube1814
- Battle of Bar-sur-Aube1814
- Battle of Brienne1814
- Battle of Champaubert1814
- Battle of Château-Thierry1814
- Battle of Craonne1814
- Battle of Fère-Champenoise1814
- Battle of La Rothière1814
- Battle of Laon1814
- Battle of Montereau1814
- Battle of Montmirail1814
- Battle of Orthez1814
- Battle of Paris1814 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Battle of Reims1814
- Battle of Toulouse1814 · nearest place to visit: Toulouse, France
- Battle of Vauchamps1814
- Battle of Rocquencourt1815 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Battle of Amiens1870
- Battle of Bazeilles1870
- Battle of Beaumont1870
- Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande1870 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Battle of Bellevue1870 · nearest place to visit: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Battle of Borny-Colombey1870 · nearest place to visit: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Battle of Coulmiers1870 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Battle of Gravelotte1870 · nearest place to visit: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Battle of Hallue1870
- Battle of Loigny-Poupry1870 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Battle of Mars-la-Tour1870 · nearest place to visit: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Battle of Noisseville1870 · nearest place to visit: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Battle of Sedan1870
- Battle of Spicheren1870 · nearest place to visit: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Battle of Wissembourg1870 · nearest place to visit: Strasbourg, France
- Battle of Wörth1870 · nearest place to visit: Strasbourg, France
- Second Battle of Orléans1870 · nearest place to visit: Orléans, France
- Siege of Belfort1870 · nearest place to visit: Basel, Switzerland
- Siege of Metz1870 · nearest place to visit: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Siege of Paris1870 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Siege of Strasbourg1870 · nearest place to visit: Strasbourg, France
- Siege of Toul1870
- Battle of Bapaume1871
- Battle of Buzenval1871 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Battle of Le Mans1871
- Battle of St. Quentin1871
- Battle of the Lisaine1871 · nearest place to visit: Basel, Switzerland
- Battle of Villersexel1871
- Battle of Albert1914
- Battle of Armentières1914 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Arras1914 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Flirey1914
- Battle of Grand Couronné1914
- Battle of La Bassée1914 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Le Cateau1914
- Battle of Lorraine1914 · nearest place to visit: Saarbrücken, Germany
- Battle of Mulhouse1914 · nearest place to visit: Basel, Switzerland
- Battle of St. Quentin1914
- Battle of the Ardennes1914
- Bombardment of Papeete1914 · nearest place to visit: Papeete, French Polynesia
- First Battle of Artois1914 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- First Battle of Champagne1914
- First Battle of the Aisne1914
- First Battle of the Marne1914
- Skirmish at Joncherey1914 · nearest place to visit: Basel, Switzerland
- Battle of Loos1915 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Neuve Chapelle1915 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Second Battle of Artois1915 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Second Battle of Champagne1915
- Third Battle of Artois1915 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Albert1916
- Battle of Bazentin Ridge1916
- Battle of Delville Wood1916
- Battle of Flers–Courcelette1916
- Battle of Fromelles1916 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of the Somme1916
- Battle of Verdun1916
- Battle of Arras1917 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Cambrai1917 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of La Malmaison1917
- Battle of the Hills1917
- Battle of Vimy Ridge1917 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Second Battle of the Aisne1917
- Battle of Amiens1918
- Battle of Belleau Wood1918
- Battle of Cantigny1918
- Battle of Château-Thierry1918
- Battle of Épehy1918
- Battle of Hamel1918
- Battle of Havrincourt1918 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin1918
- Battle of Saint-Mihiel1918
- Battle of Soissons1918
- Battle of St. Quentin Canal1918
- Battle of the Canal du Nord1918 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Operation Michael1918
- Second Battle of Cambrai1918 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Second Battle of the Marne1918
- Second Battle of the Somme1918
- Third Battle of the Aisne1918
- Attack on Mers-El-Kebir1940 · nearest place to visit: Oran, Algeria
- Battle of Abbeville1940
- Battle of Arras1940 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of Boulogne1940 · nearest place to visit: Dover–Calais, English Channel
- Battle of Dunkirk1940
- Battle of Montcornet1940
- Battle of Saumur1940 · nearest place to visit: Joué-lès-Tours, France
- Battle of Sedan1940
- Battle of Stonne1940
- Dunkirk evacuation1940
- Operation Cycle1940
- Dieppe Raid1942 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Battle for Brest1944
- Battle for Caen1944
- Battle of Bréville1944
- Battle of Carentan1944
- Battle of Chambois1944
- Battle of Cherbourg1944
- Battle of Marseille1944 · nearest place to visit: Marseille, France
- Battle of Merville Gun Battery1944
- Battle of Metz1944 · nearest place to visit: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Battle of Nancy1944
- Battle of Saint-Lô1944
- Battle of the Scheldt1944 · nearest place to visit: Lille, Belgium
- Battle of Verrières Ridge1944
- Battle of Villers-Bocage1944
- Falaise Pocket1944
- Liberation of Paris1944 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Normandy landings1944
- Colmar Pocket1945