List of basilicas in France explained

Basilica churches, many of great architectural significance, can be found throughout France. As of 1923 there are 176^[1] which have been officially designated as minor basilicas by the Catholic Church. They are listed below by region, along with the date of designation. Where no date is given, the church is considered a basilica from the architectural point of view and not from the ecclesiastical.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

		4 May 1847
		11 Feb 1856
		1 November 1874
		19 January 1879
Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port Basilique de Notre-Dame-du-Port		3 May 1886
		20 April 1888
Basilica of Notre-Dame des Fers, Orcival^[2] ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Irons, Orcival")		17 July 1894
		16 March 1897
		11 September 1899
Basilica of St. Martin, Ainay		23 June 1905
Basilica of St. Amable, Riom Basilique Saint-Amable de Riom		7 March 1912
Basilica of Notre-Dame des Miracles, Mauriac ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Miracles, Mauriac")^[3]		10 August 1921
Basilica of Notre-Dame de l'Osier, Vinay ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Reed, Vinay")		27 February 1924
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Lablachère ("Basilica of Our Lady of Good Help, Lablachère")		14 August 1930
		14 April 1937
		24 May 1937
		28 October 1949
		17 August 1951
Basilica of Sacré Cœur, Grenoble Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Grenoble		16 June 1952
Basilica of St. Julien, Brioude^[4] Basilique Saint-Julien de Brioude		26 April 1957
		11 July 1964
		8 July 1993
		4 August 1997
		4 March 2019^[5]
		24 May 2021^[6]

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

		13 January 1868
		26 January 1875
		1 February 1877
Basilica of St. Ferjeux Basilique Saint-Ferréol et Saint-Ferjeux de Besançon		14 February 1912
		14 February 1912
		22 October 1919
		4 May 1920
Basilica of St. Pierre, Luxeuil-les-Bains Basilique Saint-Pierre de Luxeuil-les-Bains		28 October 1925
Basilica of Notre-Dame, Gray^[7]		23 April 1948
		8 April 1949
		10 June 1950
Basilica of Notre-Dame, Dole Basilique Notre-Dame de Dole		10 June 1950
		9 May 1952
		10 August 1957
Basilica of Notre-Dame et Sainte Croix, La Charité-sur-Loire ("Basilica of Our Lady and the Holy Cross, La Charité-sur-Loire")		n.a.
		n.a.

Bretagne

		1427
		11 March 1870
		22 May 1874
		3 September 1875
		9 February 1886
Basilica of Notre-Dame du Roncier ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Bramble")		12 April 1891
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Guingamp^[8] ("Basilica of Our Lady of Good Help, Guingamp")		24 October 1899
		6 March 1901
Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Espérance, Saint-Brieuc ("Basilica of Our Lady of Hope, Saint-Brieuc")		28 November 1902
Basilica of Notre-Dame du Paradis, Hennebont ("Basilica of Our Lady of Paradise, Hennebont")		11 December 1912
Basilica of the Saint Sauveur et Notre-Dame des Miracles et des Vertus ("Basilica of the Holy Saviour and Our Lady of Miracles and Virtues")		22 March 1916
Basilica of St. Aubin et Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle ("Basilica of St. Albinus and Our Lady of Good News")		22 March 1916
		11 January 1933
		28 February 1947
		10 March 1951
Basilica of the Saint Sauveur, Dinan ("Basilica of the Holy Saviour, Dinan")		27 April 1953
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Joie, Pontivy Centre-Val de Loire 26 January 1855 Basilica of Sacré Coeur, Issoudun Basilique Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur d'Issoudun 17 July 1874 22 February 1894 Basilica of Notre-Dame des Enfants ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Children, Châteauneuf-sur-Cher") 30 April 1898 29 January 1908 Basilica of St. Jacques, Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre Basilique Saint-Jacques de Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre 23 November 1910 Basilica of St. Martin, Tours Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours 25 March 1925 8 July 1949 22 June 1956 Grand-Est Abbey of Saint-Remi^[9] 17 June 1870 26 November 1874 31 May 1892 26 June 1897 Basilica of St. Clotilde, Reims Basilique Sainte-Clotilde de Reims 10 March 1902 27 September 1905 26 November 1913 Basilica of St. Martin du Sacré Coeur, Lutterbach Basilique Saint-Martin-du-Sacré-Coeur de Lutterbach 13 December 1922 10 June 1925 Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Saint-Avold ("Basilica of Our Lady of Good Help, Saint-Avold") 10 August 1932 25 January 1933 10 May 1933 Basilica of St. Vincent, Metz (Deconsecrated during the 1980s) 14 June 1933 Basilica of Our Lady, Thierenbach,^[10] Thierenbach Priory 25 March 1936 Basilica of St. Joan of Arc, Domrémy-la-Pucelle Basilique Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc de Domrémy-la-Pucelle (also known as the Basilique du Bois Chenu) 4 June 1938 Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Espérance, Charleville-Mézières ("Basilica of Our Lady of Hope, Charleville-Mézières") 8 February 1946 25 April 1947 Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Chaumont Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Chaumont 11 June 1948 25 June 1950 Basilica of St. Urbain, Troyes Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes 29 February 1964 12 May 1993 Basilica of Notre-Dame, Mont Sainte-Odile Basilique Notre-Dame du Mont Sainte-Odile 16 June 2006 Hauts-de-France 12 December 1854 18 December 1855 10 March 1857 5 December 1876 4 April 1879 Basilica of Notre-Dame des Miracles, Saint-Omer ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Miracles, Saint-Omer") 4 April 1879 17 March 1896 7 June 1899 Lille Cathedral^[11] 7 October 1904 11 December 1912 Basilica of Notre-Dame du Saint Cordon, Valenciennes ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Holy Cord, Valencienne") 14 June 1922 Basilica of St. Maxellende, Caudry Basilique Sainte-Maxellende de Caudry 3 September 1991 Île-de-France (Paris region) Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris) 27 February 1805 Basilica of St. Clotilde, Paris, or Saints Clotilde and Valerius Basilique Sainte-Clotilde, Paris or Basilique Sainte-Clotilde et Saint-Valéry, Paris 29 April 1898 Basilica of St. Denys, Argenteuil Basilique Saint-Denys de Argenteuil 23 August 1898 12 June 1912 Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bonne Garde, Longpont-sur-Orge ("Basilica of Our Lady of Good Protection, Longpont-sur-Orge") 26 February 1913 13 August 1919 Basilica of Notre-Dame des Victoires, Paris ("Basilica of Our Lady of Victories, Paris") 23 February 1927 Basilica of Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours, Paris ("Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Paris") 25 June 1966 Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine 12 January 2025^[12] n.a. n.a. Normandie 7 March 1871 Basilique Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais d'Avranches 20 November 1894 13 July 1895 Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Sées Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l’Immaculée-Conception de Sées 4 July 1902 23 January 1918 12 February 1919 Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Cherbourg^[13] 9 November 1921 14 March 1928 Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Couture, Bernay Basilique Notre-Dame de la Couture 22 July 1949 Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux Basilique Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux 4 June 1954 Basilica of Our Lady of Alençon 6 June 2009 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 8 April 1870 Basilica of St. Severinus, Bordeaux Basilique Saint-Seurin de Bordeaux 27 June 1873 15 June 1875 11 May 1886 1 July 1897 Basilica of St. Michael, Bordeaux Basilique Saint-Michel de Bordeaux 1 April 1903 1 March 1912 12 December 1923 9 March 1953 Basilica of Notre-Dame de Pitié, La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent ("Basilica of Our Lady of Pity, La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent") 29 February 1964 2 August 1966 Basilica of Saint-Michel-des-Lions 2 February 2023^[14] Occitanie 20 July 1847 Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Lourdes Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception de Lourdes 13 March 1874 22 May 1874 29 December 1874 7 December 1875 2 May 1876 16 February 1877 Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse^[15] Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse 5 April 1878 20 August 1886 Basilica of St. Nazaire and St. Celse, Carcassonne^[16] 10 June 1898 5 February 1912 Basilica of the Holy Saviour, Rocamadour Basilique Saint-Sauveur de Rocamadour 18 March 1913 Rosary Basilica Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire de Lourdes 18 July 1926 25 April 1928 12 August 1936 29 August 1939 9 May 1947 29 January 1953 16 May 1958 12 October 2010 Pays de la Loire Basilica of St. Nicholas, Nantes 9 January 1882 14 March 1889 Basilica of Notre-Dame du Chêne, Vion ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Oak, Vion") 9 April 1894 5 March 1898 15 May 1900 21 February 1905 13 December 1922 Basilica of Notre-Dame de l’Épine, Évron ("Basilica of Our Lady of the Thorn, Évron") 7 June 1939 Basilica of St. Louis de Montfort Basilique Saint-Louis-Marie-Grignon-de-Montfort de Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre 5 September 1962 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 22 December 1854 6 December 1875 10 June 1879 8 August 1879 Basilica of St. Trophime Basilique Saint-Trophime 24 January 1882 18 March 1892 24 January 1896 25 July 1934 27 May 1949 9 January 1978 12 June 1984 17 September 1997 26 March 1999 Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Victoire, Saint-Raphaël ("Basilica of Our Lady of Victory, Saint-Raphael") 14 January 2004 4 May 2012 Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint-Maximin^[17] 23 March 2018 See also Basilica List of basilicas List of Roman Catholic basilicas Sources and external links List GCatholic.org: Basilicas in France

Notes and References

1. Web site: Basilicas in France. gcatholic.org.
2. http://www.auvergne.visite.org/FR/pro/1456 Notre-Dame-des-Fers, Orcival, Auvergne
3. http://www.jedecouvrelafrance.com/f-2280.cantal-Basilica-of-mauriac.html Notre-Dame-des-Miracles, Mauriac, Auvergne
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20070307014314/http://www.brioude.com/basilique.html Saint-Julien, Brioude, Auvergne
5. News: À Lyon, le sanctuaire Saint-Bonaventure élevé au rang de basilique. La Croix . 25 September 2019 .
6. Web site: Saint Joseph de Bon Espoir devient basilique. 9 June 2021 .
7. http://www.ville-gray.fr Notre-Dame, Gray, Franche-Comté
8. http://www.basilique-guingamp.fr/ Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours, Guingamp, Côtes d'Armor
9. http://stremi-reims.cef.fr/ Saint-Remi, Reims, Champagne
10. http://www.thierenbach.org/ Notre-Dame de Thierenbach, Jungholtz, Alsace
11. http://catholique-lille.cef.fr/page/cathedrale.php Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille, Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
12. Web site: Merris. Anne Van. Une nouvelle basilique en France. zenit. fr. 21 November 2024.
13. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527213129/http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/architecture_parc_et_jard/patrimoine_architectural/la_basilique_sainte-trini/default.asp Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg, Normandy
14. Web site: Limoges : l'église Saint-Michel-des-Lions devient une basilique. fr. 14 February 2023.
15. http://pmaude.free.fr/Sernin Saint Sernin, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées
16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120620232950/http://www.carcassonne.org/carcassonne_en.nsf/vuetitre/DocPatrimoineBasiliqueStNazaire5 Saint Nazaire, Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon
17. http://www.diocese-frejus-toulon.com/stmaximin.html Saint-Maximin, Var, Provence