Top 50 Abandoned Places in France to Explore in 2025 – Part 1
Published: Sep 30, 2025
Updated: Sep 30, 2025

Top 50 Abandoned Places in France to Explore in 2025 – Part 1

Abandoned places fascinate with their unique atmosphere, blending mystery and nostalgia. Whether you’re passionate about **urban exploration (urbex in France)**, photography, or just curious, here is the first part of our guide to the **50 most incredible urbex spots in France**. > "The best urbex happens when history meets silence and time stands still."

Île-de-France

Abandoned hospital in Île-de-France

🏥 Hôpital de la Marine (Val-de-Marne)

This former psychiatric hospital is a must-see urbex spot in Île-de-France. Its huge pavilions, endless decaying corridors, and frozen medical archives create a chilling atmosphere.

🏭 Usine Chausson (Gennevilliers)

A historic industrial site where thousands once worked. The vast steel halls now stand deserted, overtaken by vegetation.

🏰 Château des Cèdres (Seine-et-Marne)

A forgotten neo-Gothic manor, still decorated with frescoes and sculpted ceilings. A perfect urbex destination for lovers of abandoned architecture.

🎡 Magic Park (Seine-Saint-Denis)

A ghost amusement park where rusting rides and roller coasters recall the golden age of funfairs.

🚂 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Train Depot

A massive railway yard filled with abandoned locomotives and wagons, covered in graffiti by generations of urban artists.

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Hauts-de-France

Abandoned castle in Hauts-de-France

🏰 Château Miranda (a.k.a. Château de Noisy, Belgium – near border)

Although located in Belgium, this Gothic castle was a legendary urbex hotspot for French explorers. Its towering turrets and decaying interiors made it an icon.

🏭 Usine Barrois (Lens)

A massive steel complex whose empty hangars bear witness to the region’s industrial golden age.

⛪ Saint-Pierre Church Ruins (Pas-de-Calais)

A collapsed Gothic monument, where wild vegetation has replaced stained glass. Mystical and poetic atmosphere.

🚂 Somain Rail Yard

Dozens of rusting locomotives, some still bearing the old SNCF logo.

🏚️ Ferme du Silence (Somme)

An abandoned farmhouse still filled with furniture, toys, and calendars from the 1980s – a true time capsule.

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Normandy

Abandoned factory in Normandy

🏭 Filature Saint-François (Rouen)

A relic of Normandy’s textile past, with huge weaving halls and rusting machinery. A paradise for urbex photographers.

🏰 Manoir de l’Ermite (Eure)

An isolated manor with period furniture still in place. Frozen in time as if the inhabitants had suddenly left.

🏚️ Sanatorium du Vexin (Calvados)

A cult urbex spot, with endless corridors and abandoned operating rooms. A place filled with history.

⛪ Chapelle Saint-Gabriel

A tiny forgotten church, overgrown with ivy and brambles. An almost supernatural atmosphere.

🎡 Aquapark Fantôme (Le Havre)

Deserted slides, empty pools, and a post-apocalyptic seaside vibe.

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Brittany

Abandoned castle in Brittany

🏰 Château de Trécesson (Morbihan – urban legend)

Surrounded by mysteries and Breton legends, its imposing stone walls make it one of the most iconic urbex castles in France.

🏭 Saint-Malo Shipyard Ruins

Former port industrial area where rusting hulls and empty hangars testify to the city’s maritime past.

🏚️ Atlantikwall Bunker (Finistère)

WWII military remains buried in the dunes. A historic urbex site par excellence.

⛪ Sunken Church of Lanvaudan

A rural church partially collapsed, with stones marked by centuries of storms.

🚂 Carhaix Ghost Station

An abandoned railway station, frozen like a movie set.

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Pays de la Loire

Abandoned sanatorium in Pays de la Loire

🏚️ Sanatorium de Dreux (Sarthe border)

A vast abandoned medical complex, with endless corridors and operating rooms still intact.

🏰 Château de l’Hermite (Loire-Atlantique)

One of the most famous urbex manors, featuring a majestic staircase and forgotten frescoes.

🏭 Nantes Foundry

A colossal industrial ruin dominated by steel and rust.

⛪ Chapelle Saint-Loup

An isolated countryside church, with once colorful stained-glass windows now shattered by time.

🚂 Le Mans Train Depot

Rows of rusting wagons create a unique railway urbex atmosphere.

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