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Elevation of towns in France

999 towns in France have a reading on the GMTED2010 grid. The highest is Briançon (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) at 1,332 m (4,370 ft); the lowest is Coudekerque-Branche (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) at 1 m (3 ft). Half of the towns sit above 76 m (the mean is 121 m).

Highest towns in France

#TownElevation
1Briançon Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur1,332 m (4,370 ft)
2Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Rhône-Alpes1,042 m (3,419 ft)
3Pontarlier Franche-Comté830 m (2,723 ft)
4Gap Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur753 m (2,470 ft)
5Mende Languedoc-Roussillon733 m (2,405 ft)
6Gérardmer Lorraine689 m (2,260 ft)
7Gex Rhône-Alpes643 m (2,110 ft)
8Le Puy-en-Velay Auvergne639 m (2,096 ft)
9Ussel Limousin635 m (2,083 ft)
10Aurillac Auvergne629 m (2,064 ft)

Lowest towns in France

#TownElevation
1Coudekerque-Branche Nord-Pas-de-Calais1 m (3 ft)
2Berre-l'Etang Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur3 m (10 ft)
3Grande-Synthe Nord-Pas-de-Calais3 m (10 ft)
4Saint-Pol-sur-Mer Nord-Pas-de-Calais4 m (13 ft)
5Gujan-Mestras Aquitaine4 m (13 ft)
6Frontignan Languedoc-Roussillon4 m (13 ft)
7Antibes Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur4 m (13 ft)
8Andernos-les-Bains Aquitaine4 m (13 ft)
9Berck Nord-Pas-de-Calais5 m (16 ft)
10Bègles Aquitaine5 m (16 ft)

Regions of France

RegionTownsMeanHighest townLowest town
Alsace26197 m Guebwiller 348 m Bischwiller 129 m
Aquitaine4849 m Oloron-Sainte-Marie 230 m Gujan-Mestras 4 m
Auvergne17375 m Le Puy-en-Velay 639 m Montluçon 210 m
Basse-Normandie1765 m Flers 185 m Mondeville 9 m
Bourgogne20220 m Le Creusot 356 m Sens 67 m
Bretagne3948 m Loudéac 165 m Saint-Malo 5 m
Centre39106 m Saint-Amand-Montrond 159 m Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 50 m
Champagne-Ardenne14123 m Chaumont 304 m Romilly-sur-Seine 72 m
Corse319 m Porto-Vecchio 27 m Bastia 7 m
Franche-Comté12363 m Pontarlier 830 m Vesoul 223 m
Haute-Normandie3050 m Bois-Guillaume 159 m Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray 6 m
Languedoc-Roussillon3566 m Mende 733 m Frontignan 4 m
Limousin7321 m Ussel 635 m Brive-la-Gaillarde 111 m
Lorraine37235 m Gérardmer 689 m Yutz 155 m
Midi-Pyrénées38221 m Onet-le-Châtaeu 607 m Castelsarassin 79 m
Nord-Pas-de-Calais9038 m Fourmies 203 m Coudekerque-Branche 1 m
Pays-de-la-Loire4134 m Mayenne 113 m La Baule-Escoublac 5 m
Picardie2566 m Hirson 181 m Abbeville 11 m
Poitou-Charentes1472 m Bressuire 164 m Saintes 8 m
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur91122 m Briançon 1,332 m Berre-l'Etang 3 m
Rhône-Alpes92308 m Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 1,042 m Pierrelatte 57 m
Île-de-France26474 m Vélizy-Villacoublay 177 m Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 26 m

All towns in France