The odd side of France.

Evidence-backed unusual places in France, grouped with maps, original sources and useful geographic context. These are crawlable research records, not an indiscriminate directory: reports without enough depth remain available for exploration but are excluded from search indexing.

BUNKER · Expanded physical oddities

Couville V-1 site

France

Unfinished Second World War V-1 launch and preparation complex in Normandy, France

Map, evidence and context →OSSUARY · Expanded physical oddities

Ossuaire Saint-Delis de Tucquegnieux

France

chapel located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France

Map, evidence and context →OSSUARY · Expanded physical oddities

Gruerie Ossuary

France

national necropolis located in Marne, in France

Map, evidence and context →OSSUARY · Expanded physical oddities

chapelle Saint-Hubert de Flabeuville

France

chapel located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France

Map, evidence and context →OSSUARY · Expanded physical oddities

Ossuaire de Conflans-en-Jarnisy

France

chapel located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France

Map, evidence and context →OSSUARY · Expanded physical oddities

Noërs Franco-German ossuary

France

ossuary located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France

Map, evidence and context →QUARANTINE FACILITY · Expanded physical oddities

église Saint-Jean-Baptiste et Saint-Quentin de Bernières

France

destroyed church located in Seine-Maritime, in France

Map, evidence and context →SEA FORT · Expanded physical oddities

Fort Mahon

France

fort located on the coast of the Strait of Dover, northern France

Map, evidence and context →SEA FORT · Expanded physical oddities

îles Saint-Marcouf

France

group of two small islands off the coast of Normandy, France

Map, evidence and context →ARTIFICIAL ISLAND · Expanded physical oddities

île du Belvédère

France

island in the parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris, France

Map, evidence and context →GHOST STATION · Expanded physical oddities

Croix-Rouge

France

first terminus of Line 10 of the Paris Métro from 1923 to 1939

Map, evidence and context →GHOST STATION · Expanded physical oddities

Champ de Mars

France

disused rail station in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France

Map, evidence and context →EXCLAVE · Expanded physical oddities

Pheasant Island

Spain

condominium ruled alternately by France and Spain

Map, evidence and context →SUBTERRANEAN RIVER · Expanded physical oddities

Rivière souterraine de Labouiche

France

subterranean river in France with evidence of Paleolithic culture

Map, evidence and context →