Vézère

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Vézère

Origin	Plateau de Millevaches
Mouth	Dordogne 44°52′53″N 0°53′26″E / 44.88139°N 0.89056°E / 44.88139; 0.89056 (Dordogne-Vézère)Coordinates: 44°52′53″N 0°53′26″E / 44.88139°N 0.89056°E / 44.88139; 0.89056 (Dordogne-Vézère)
Basin countries	France
Length	211 km
Source elevation	970 m
Avg. discharge	50 m³/s
Basin area	3,708 km²

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iii
Reference	85
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1979 (3rd Session)

The Vézère (Occitan: Vesera) is a 211 km long river in southwestern France. It is an important tributary to the Dordogne River. Its source is in the northwestern part of the elevated plateau known as the Massif Central. It flows southwest through the following départements and cities:

It flows into the Dordogne near Le Bugue. A tributary of the Vézère is the Corrèze River.

The Vézère Valley is famed for its prehistoric cave systems, containing numerous cave paintings and hominid remains. UNESCO collectively designated these a World Heritage Site in 1979. Among the sites with remarkable caves is Lascaux.

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World Heritage profile

v t e World Heritage Sites in France

Île-de-France	Palace and Park of Versailles Palace of Fontainebleau and Park Paris – Banks of the Seine Provins Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹

Parisian basin	Amiens Cathedral Belfries of Belgium and France² Bourges Cathedral Chartres Cathedral Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay Fortifications of Vauban¹ Le Havre Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes¹ Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay¹ Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹ Vézelay Church and Hill

Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Belfries of Belgium and France² Fortifications of Vauban¹

East	Fortifications of Vauban¹ Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance, Nancy Strasbourg – Grande Île Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps⁴

West	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Fortifications of Vauban¹ Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes¹ Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay¹ Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹

South West	Albi Bordeaux Canal du Midi¹ Fortifications of Vauban¹ Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley Pyrénées - Mont Perdu³ Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹ Saint-Émilion

Centre East	Lyon Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹

Mediterranean	Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments Canal du Midi¹ Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne Fortifications of Vauban¹ Gulf of Porto Calanches de Piana Gulf of Girolata Scandola Reserve Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge, Avignon Pont du Gard Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and Triumphal Arch of Orange Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹

Overseas departments and territories	Lagoons of New Caledonia Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island

¹ Shared with other region/s ² Shared locally with other region/s and with Belgium ³ Shared with Spain ⁴ Shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland

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