List of volcanoes in France

Main article: Lists of volcanoes

This is a list of inactive and potentially active volcanoes in metropolitan France.

The Chaîne des Puys, the largest volcanic ensemble in Europe, is located in metropolitan France. ^[1]

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	m	ft	Coordinates
Chaîne des Puys
Puy de Côme	1252	4108	45°28′29″N2°33′49″E / 45.4747°N 2.5636°E / 45.4747; 2.5636	5760 BC
Puy de Dôme	1464	4803	45°46′30″N2°58′12″E / 45.775°N 2.97°E / 45.775; 2.97	8700 BC
Puy de Lassolas	1183	3881	45°25′26″N2°34′23″E / 45.4238°N 2.5730°E / 45.4238; 2.5730	6200 BC
Other
Bas-Vivarais volcanic field [2]	-	-	-	19,000 YA
Cantal stratovolcano	1855	6086	45°03′32″N2°45′40″E / 45.059°N 2.761°E / 45.059; 2.761	2 MYA
Massif de l'Esterel	618	2028	43°18′N6°29′E / 43.30°N 6.49°E / 43.30; 6.49	-
Devès massif	1417	4649	45°01′N3°23′E / 45.02°N 3.38°E / 45.02; 3.38	600,000 YA
Mont Gerbier de Jonc	1551	5089	44°50′40″N4°13′12″E / 44.84444°N 4.22000°E / 44.84444; 4.22000	-
Puy de Sancy/Monts Dore	1886	6188	45°31′42″N2°48′51″E / 45.52833°N 2.81417°E / 45.52833; 2.81417	200,000 YA
Le Puy-en-Velay [3]	744	2441	45°01′26″N3°31′48″E / 45.024°N 3.53°E / 45.024; 3.53	2.5 MYA
San Peyre [4]	133	436	43°18′36″N6°33′40″E / 43.31°N 6.561°E / 43.31; 6.561	-

See also

• List of volcanoes in French Polynesia
• List of volcanoes in French Southern and Antarctic Lands
• List of volcanoes in Martinique
• List of volcanoes in Réunion

References

1. "Treasures of the volcanoes: France's Auvergne mountains". France24. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
2. Callaway, Ewen (19 January 2016). ""Cave of Forgotten Dreams" May Hold Earliest Painting of Volcanic Eruption". Scientific American. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
3. Cook, Terri. "Travels in Geology: Lentils, lace and lava: France's Massif Central" . Retrieved 28 April 2021.
4. Crevola, Gilbert. "Etude géologique de la colline du San Peyre et des Rochers des Pendus à l'extrémité nord-orientale du massif de l'Estérel (Mandelieu-La Napoule, Alpes-Maritimes)" (PDF). Retrieved 28 April 2021.

• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).