Tallest mountain in France

March 27, 2021
Ben Nevis, the highest point

List: Top Ten Highest Mountains in France

Date: 2008

Source: La Geographie

Base: All mountains in France whose summits may be considered individual mountains as opposed to subsidiary peaks.

Notes: Translated from a table called 'Les dix plus hauts sommets de France' - which would translate as 'highest summits' rather than mountains.

Notes on measurement: By convention, mountains are always measured above sea level.

Rank

Mountain

Height in metres

Location

1.

Mont Blanc

4, 807

Haute-Savoie

2.

Mont Maudit

4, 465

3.

Dome du Gouter

4, 304

4.

Mt Blanc du Tacul

4, 248

5.

Grandes Jorasses

4, 208

6.

Aiguille Verte

4, 122

7.

Barre des Ecrins

4, 102

Isere/Hautes-Alpes

8.

Aiguille de Bionnassay

4, 051

9.

Les Droites

4, 000

10.

La Meije

3, 985

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