List of disasters in France by death toll

This list of French disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on French soil (including overseas territories) or involved French citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.

Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location	Comments
5,000,000-10,000,000	1347-1352	Black Death in France	Pandemic	Metropolitan France
168,091	2020–present	COVID-19 pandemic in France	Pandemic	Nationwide
30,000	1902	1902 eruption of Mount Pelée	Volcanic eruption	Martinique
~6,000	1776	1776 Pointe-à-Pitre hurricane	Hurricane	Guadeloupe
~5,000	1219	Flood of Grenoble (1219)	Flood	Grenoble, Isère
1,777	1884	1884 Marseille cholera epidemic [fr]	Epidemic	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
1,203	1928	1928 Okeechobee hurricane	Hurricane	Guadeloupe and Martinique
1,150	1796	Sinking of the Séduisant	Shipwreck	Bay of Biscay
1,099	1906	Courrières mine disaster	Mine explosion	Courrières, Pas-de-Calais
871+	1944	Explosion of the Sadi-Carnot shelter [fr]	Explosion	Brest, Finistère	Lowest estimate including German troops.
693	1855	Sinking of the French frigate Sémillante	Shipwreck	Offshore of Corsica
675	1917	Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment	Train derailment	Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, Savoie
568	1920	Sinking of the SS Afrique	Shipwreck	Offshore of Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime
562	1898	SS La Bourgogne disaster	Ship collision	Atlantic Ocean off of Newfoundland, Canada
542 (French)	2004	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami	Tsunami	Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka
530-650	1794	Grenelle Powder Mill explosion [fr]	Explosion	Grenelle, Paris
500	1564	1564 Roquebillière earthquake	Earthquake	Roquebillière, Alpes-Maritimes
~500	1678	Aves Islands shipwrecks [fr]	Shipwrecks	Las Aves Archipelago, Venezuela
476	1875	1875 Garonne flood [fr]	Flood	Haute-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, and Lot-et-Garonne
467+	1931	Saint-Philibert disaster	Shipwreck	Off of Noirmoutier, Vendée
423	1959	Malpasset Dam collapse	Dam collapse	near Fréjus, Var
380+	1810	Sinking of the Elizabeth	Shipwreck	Offshore of Dunkirk, Nord
346	1974	Turkish Airlines Flight 981	Plane crash	Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise
323	2009	2009 swine flu pandemic in France	Pandemic	Metropolitan France
300-4,000	1839	1839 Martinique earthquake	Earthquake	Martinique
286	1911	Loss of the French battleship Liberté	Ship explosion	Toulon, Var
230+	1930	1930 flooding of the Tarn [fr]	Flood	Southwest France	^[1]
226	1873	Sinking of the Ville-du-Havre [fr]	Shipwreck	North Atlantic Ocean
225	1788	Disappearance of the French frigates Astrolabe and La Boussole	Shipwrecks	Vanikoro Island, Solomon Islands
220	1866	Sinking of the SS London	Shipwreck	Bay of Biscay
214	1933	Lagny-Pomponne rail accident	Train collision	Pomponne, Seine-et-Marne
203	2005-2006	Chikungunya epidemic in Reunion Island [fr]	Epidemic	Réunion
200	1850	Angers Bridge collapse	Bridge collapse	Angers, Maine-et-Loire
~200	1856	Flood of 1856 in France [fr]	Flood	Metropolitan France

Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location	Comments
196	1939	Explosion of the Minelayer Pluton	Ship explosion	Casablanca, Morocco
180	1981	Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308	Plane crash	Ajaccio, Corsica
156	1910	Sinking of the Général Chanzy [fr]	Shipwreck	Off of Menorca, Spain
151 (French)	2005	West Caribbean Airways Flight 708	Plane crash	Machiques, Venezuela
150	2015	Germanwings Flight 9525	Plane crash (suicide by pilot)	Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
146	1970	Club Cinq-Sept fire	Nightclub fire	Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, Isère
146	1854	1854 Montbrehain cholera epidemic [fr]	Epidemic	Montbrehain, Aisne
130	1962	Air France Flight 007	Plane crash	Orly, Val-de-Marne
126	1897	1897 Bazar de la Charité	Building fire	Paris
126	1953	Disappearance of the ''Monique'' [fr]	Shipwreck	Between Maré and Grande Terre, New Caledonia
125+	1909	Sinking of the SS Hilda	Shipwreck	Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine
123	1973	Varig Flight 820	Plane crash	Orly, Val-de-Marne
120	1907	Iéna disaster	Ship fire	Toulon, Var
117	1966	Air India Flight 101	Plane crash	Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie
113	2000	Air France Flight 4590	Plane crash	Gonesse, Val-d'Oise
113	1962	Air France Flight 117	Plane crash	Guadeloupe
108	1972	Vierzy tunnel disaster	Tunnel collapse	Vierzy, Aisne
107	1601	1601 Chèze avalanche [fr]	Avalanche	Chèze, Hautes-Pyrénées
104	1916	Explosion of the Dix-huit Ponts depot [fr]	Explosion	Lille, Nord	Occurred during German occupation in the First World War. Whether the explosion was an accident or caused by sabotage is unknown.
100	1918	Explosion of the Beaussenq Ammunition Depot [fr]	Explosion	Saint-Martin-de-Crau, Bouches-du-Rhône
~100	1952	Baumol powder affair [fr]	Health disaster	Metropolitan France, especially Brittany

Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location	Comments
94	1968	Air France Flight 1611	Plane crash	Mediterranean Sea
93	1869	Sinking of the French corvette Gorgone	Shipwreck	Pierres Noires, Finistère	^[2]
89	1867	Third Cinq Sous Mine Disaster	Mine explosion	Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire
88	1967	1967 Air Ferry DC-4 accident	Plane crash	Canigó, Pyrénées-Orientales
88	1999	Cyclone Lothar	Cyclone	Northern France
87	1992	Air Inter Flight 148	Plane crash	Vosges Mountains, Bas-Rhin
86	1895	Bouzey Dam disaster [fr]	Dam collapse	Vosges
86	1911	Sinking of the Émir [fr]	Ship collision	Strait of Gibraltar
84	1903	Paris Métro train fire	Train fire	Paris
84	1955	1955 Le Mans disaster	Motor racing crash	Le Mans, Sarthe
84	1887	Opéra-Comique fire	Building fire	Paris
82	1949	1949 Landes forest fire	Forest fire	Landes forest
80+	1871	1871 Saint-Nazaire disaster [fr]	Train explosion	Ollioules, Var
79	1912	La Clarence mine disaster	Mine explosions	Divion, Pas-de-Calais
78	1973	Pan Am Flight 816	Plane crash	near Papeete, French Polynesia
76 (French)	1918	Loss of the French minesweepers Inkerman and Cerisoles	Shipwrecks	Lake Superior
75	1845	1845 Montville tornado	Tornado	Seine-Maritime
74	1943	1943 Ripault powder factory explosion	Explosion	Monts, Indre-et-Loire
74	1918	1918 Lothiers disaster [fr]	Train collision	Tendu, Indre
73	1938	Nouvelles Galeries fire [fr]	Building fire	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
71	1970	Plateau d'Assy disaster	Landslide	Passy, Haute-Savoie
69	1939	Loss of the French submarine Phénix	Submarine accident	South China Sea
68	1973	1973 Nantes mid-air collision	Mid-air collision	Nantes, Loire-Atlantique
63	1968	Air France Flight 212 (1968)	Plane crash	La Grande Soufrière, Guadeloupe
62	1932	Sinking of the French submarine Prométhée	Submarine accident	Offshore of Cape Lévi, Manche
61 (French)	2009	Air France Flight 447	Plane crash	South Atlantic Ocean
60	1972	Air Inter Flight 696Y	Plane crash	Noirétable, Loire
58	1950	1950 Tête de l'Obiou C-54 crash	Plane crash	Isère
57	1970	Eurydice disaster	Submarine accident	Offshore of Saint-Tropez, Var
57	1918	Collision between the French destroyer Catapulte and the Warrimoo	Ship collision	Mediterranean Sea off of Bizerte, Tunisia
56	1988	Gare de Lyon rail accident	Train collision	Paris
55	1842	Versailles rail accident	Train derailment	Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine
54	1959	TAI Flight 307	Plane crash	Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, Gironde
53	1936	Saint-Chamas powder factory explosion	Explosion	Saint-Chamas, Bouches-du-Rhône	^[3]
53	1982	Beaune coach crash	Bus accident	Beaune, Côte-d’Or
52	1968	Sinking of the French submarine Minerve	Submarine accident	Offshore of Toulon, Var
51	2010	Cyclone Xynthia	Cyclone	Metropolitan France
51	1950	Sinking of the weather ship Laplace	Shipwreck	Offshore of Cap Fréhel, Côtes-d'Armor	Sunk by a mine remaining from World War II, not considered an act of war.
50	1940	Flood of 1940 in France	Flood	Pyrénées-Orientales

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Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location	Comments
48	1950	Air India Flight 245	Plane crash	Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie
47	1992	1992 Vaison-la-Romaine flood [fr]	Flood	Vaucluse
46-64	1954	Storm of November 26, 1954 [fr]	Storm	Northern France
46	1909	1909 Provence earthquake	Earthquake	Bouches-du-Rhône
44	1920	Houilles train accident [fr]	Train collision	Houilles, Yvelines
43-44	1918	Loss of the French submarine Diane	Submarine accident	Offshore of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime
43	2015	Puisseguin road crash	Bus accident	Puisseguin, Gironde
43	1985	Argenton-sur-Creuse train accident [fr]	Train derailment and collision	Argenton-sur-Creuse, Indre
43	1973	1973 Rampe de Laffrey bus accident	Bus accident	Rampe de Laffrey, Isère
43	1916	Sinking of the HMS Eden	Shipwreck	Offshore of Fécamp, Seine-Maritime	Collision with another ship
43	1928	Collision between the French submarine Ondine and the Ekarterina Goulandris	Maritime collision	Off of Cape Finisterre, Spain
43	1891	Saint-Mandé train accident [fr]	Train collision	Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne
42	1974	1974 Liévin mine disaster [fr]	Mine explosion	Liévin, Pas-de-Calais
42	1953	Air France Flight 178	Plane crash	Mont Le Cimet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
42 (French)	1979	Whiddy Island disaster	Ship explosion	Bantry Bay, Ireland
42	1917	1917 Hersin-Coupigny dust explosion	Mine explosion	Hersin-Coupigny, Pas-de-Calais
41	1952	Sinking of the Sibylle	Submarine accident	Offshore of Toulon, Var	^[4]
41	1872	First Sainte-Eugénie Mine disaster	Mine explosion	Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire
41	1913	Melun train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Melun, Seine-et-Marne
40	1930	Fourvière disaster [fr]	Landslide	Lyon, Metropolis of Lyon
39	1970	1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche	Avalanche	Val-d'Isère, Savoie
39	1936	Sinking of the Pourqoui-Pas	Shipwreck	Offshore of Iceland
39	1999	Mont Blanc Tunnel fire	Fire	Chamonix, Haute-Savoie
39	2024	Cyclone Chido	Cyclone	Mayotte
39	1921	Les Échets train accident [fr]	Train derailment	Les Échets, Miribel, Ain
38	1910	Saujon train accident [fr]	Train collision	Saujon, Charente-Maritime
38	1971	Sinking of the MS Maori	Shipwreck	Bay of Biscay	^[5]
38	1952	1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash	Plane crash	Nice Airport, Alpes-Maritimes
38	1749	1749 Huez avalanche [fr]	Avalanche	Huez, Isère
37	1934	1934 Ortiporio avalanche	Avalanche	Ortiporio, Corsica	^[6]
37	1933	Saint-Élier train accident [fr]	Train derailment	La Croisille, Eure
37	1924	Sinking of the Port de Brest	Shipwreck	Atlantic Ocean off of the Canary Islands	^[7]
36	1962	Cyclone Jenny	Cyclone	Réunion
36	1972	Morhange talc affair [fr]	Health disaster	Metropolitan France
35	1999	1999 Aude flood	Flood	Aude	^[8]
35	1985	Flaujac train accident [fr]	Train collision	Durbans, Lot
34 (French)	1947	Texas City disaster	Ship explosion	Texas City, United States
34	1961	1961 Derby Aviation crash	Plane crash	Canigó, Pyrénées-Orientales
34	1920	1920 Paris plague epidemic [fr]	Epidemic	Paris
34	1956	Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1956)	Plane crash	Paray-Vieille-Poste, Essonne
33	1883	1883 Saint-Méen train collision [fr]	Train collision	Saint-Méen-le-Grand, Ille-et-Vilaine
33	1940	Aurillac-Paris train derailment [fr]	Train derailment	Allier
32	1757	1757 Vallouise avalanche [fr]	Avalanche	Vallouise, Hautes-Alpes
32	1941	Sinking of the Schooner Tereora	Shipwreck	Between Papeete and Raiatea, French Polynesia	^[9]
32	1891	Sinking of the Persévérance	Shipwreck	Between Brazil and Chile	^[10]
32	1922	Villecomtal train accident [fr]	Train collision	Laguian-Mazous, Gers
32	1917	Sinking of the Tugboat Atlas	Shipwreck	Offshore of Brest, Finistère	^[11]
31	2001	Toulouse chemical factory explosion	Explosion	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
30	1830	Second Saint-Louis Coal Mine Disaster [fr]	Mine explosion	Saint-Louis Coal Mine, Haute-Saône
30	1999	Cyclone Martin (1999)	Cyclone	Southwestern France
~30	1660	1660 Bigorre earthquake [fr]	Earthquake	Hautes-Pyrénées
29	1855	Second Ravez Mine disaster	Mine explosion	Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire
29	1975	1975 Rampe de Laffrey bus accident	Bus accident	Rampe de Laffrey, Isère
29	1937	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges train accident [fr]	Train derailment	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Seine-et-Oise
29	1921	Beaucourt-Hamel train accident [fr]	Train derailment	Somme
29	1859	First Saint-Joseph Coal Mine Disaster [fr]	Mine explosion	Saint-Joseph Coal Mine, Ronchamp, Haute-Saône
28	1895	Second Sainte-Eugénie Mine disaster	Mine explosion	Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire
28	1921	Batignolles tunnel disaster [fr]	Train collision	Paris
28	1918	Pacy tunnel disaster [fr]	Train collision	Pacy-sur-Armançon, Yonne
28	1885	1885 Liévin disaster	Mine explosion	Liévin, Pas-de-Calais
28	1939	Izourt Dam avalanche [fr]	Avalanche	Auzat, Ariège
27	1979	Collision between the Emmanuel Delmas and the Vera-Berlingieri	Ship collision and fire	Tyrrhenian Sea	^[12]
27	1907	Ponts-de-Cé train accident [fr]	Train derailment	Les Ponts-de-Cé, Maine-et-Loire
27	1957	1957 Saint-Paul bus accident	Bus accident	Saint-Paul, Réunion
27	1910	Collision between the French submarine Pluviôse and the Pas-de-Calais	Maritime collision	English Channel
27	1901	Sinking of the Charlemagne	Shipwreck	South Atlantic	^[13]
26	2007	2007 Rampe de Laffrey bus accident	Bus accident	Rampe de Laffrey, Isère
26	1939	Sinking of the Cabourg	Shipwreck	English Channel	^[14]
26	1947	Ocean Liberty disaster [fr]	Ship explosion	Brest, Finistère
25	2010	2010 Var floods	Flood	Var
25	1976	Sinking of the Böhlen	Shipwreck	Offshore of Île de Sein, Finistère
25	1980	Cyclone Hyacinthe	Cyclone	Réunion
25	1898	Sinking of the Maréchal Lannes	Shipwreck	Off of Bristol, England	^[15]
24	1902	Arleux disaster [fr]	Train derailment	Arleux, Nord
24	1918	Solers train accident [fr]	Train collision	Solers, Seine-et-Marne
24	2001	2001 Gard flood [fr]	Flood	Gard
24	2005	Paris-Opéra Hotel fire [fr]	Building fire	Paris
23	1987	1987 Grand-Bornand flood	Flood	Grand-Bornand, Haute-Savoie	^[16]
23	1951	Sinking of the Duc de Normandie	Shipwreck	Offshore of Fécamp, Seine-Maritime	^[17]
23	1988	TAT Flight 230	Plane crash	Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne
23	1910	Villepreux-Les Clayes rail accident	Train collision	Les Clayes-sous-Bois, Yvelines
23	1886	Third Saint-Charles Coal Mine Disaster [fr]	Mine explosion	Ronchamp, Haute-Saône
22	1985	Simon Pits disaster [fr]	Mine disaster	Forbach, Moselle
22	1881	Charenton train collision [fr]	Train collision	Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne
22	1989	Uni-Air International Flight 602	Plane crash	Léoncel, Drôme
22	2015	2015 Alpes-Maritimes floods [fr]	Flood	Alpes-Maritimes
22	1823	1823 Fosse du Chaufour explosion	Mine explosion	Raismes, Nord
21	1962	Malév Flight 355	Plane crash	Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise
21	1990	Burns' Day Storm	Storm	Metropolitan France
21	1788	1788 Molines-en-Queyras avalanche [fr]	Avalanche	Molines-en-Queyras, Hautes-Alpes
21	1965	1965 Liévin mines disaster	Mine explosion	Avion, Pas-de-Calais
21	1946	Sinking of U-2326	Submarine accident	Off of Toulon, Var	German submarine transferred to the French after the war, sunk with all hands on board.
21	1961	Clamart and Issy-les-Moulineaux quarries collapse [fr]	Underground quarry collapse	Clamart and Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine
21	1900	1900 Aniche disaster [fr]	Mine accident	Aniche, Nord
20	1999	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car crash	Cable car crash	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, Hautes-Alpes
20	1973	Collège Édouard-Pailleron fire	Arson	Paris
20	1964	Lefebvre Boulevard disaster [fr]	Building collapse	Paris
20	2007	Air Moorea Flight 1121	Plane crash	Moʻorea, French Polynesia
20	1919	1919 Montauban-Toulouse train collision [fr]	Train collision	Haute-Garonne
20	1919	1919 Pont-sur-Yonne train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Pont-sur-Yonne, Yonne
20	1958	Plichon Mine disaster	Mine explosion	Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire
20	1919	1919 Crissé train collision [fr]	Train collision	Crissé, Sarthe
20	1918	1918 Meung-sur-Loire train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret
20	1871	1871 Puteaux train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine
20	1844	Sète tornado	Tornado	Hérault	^[18]
20	2001	Air Caraïbes Flight 1501	Plane crash	Col de la Tourmente, Saint Barthélemy
20	1600	1600 Gedre avalanche [fr]	Avalanche	Gèdre, Hautes-Pyrenees
20	1955	1955 Vannes and Brest smallpox epidemic [fr]	Epidemic	Finistère and Morbihan
20	1824	1824 Saint-Louis coal mine disaster	Mine explosion	Champagney, Haute-Saône
20	1824	1824 Fosse du Chaufour explosion	Mine explosion	Raismes, Nord
19	1925	1925 Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher derailment [fr]	Train derailment	Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher, Indre-et-Loire
19	1869	1869 Bully-les-Mines fire	Mine fire	Bully-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais
19	1949	Sinking of the Côte d'Opale	Shipwreck	Off of Norway	^[19]
18	1992	Stade Armand-Cesari disaster	Stadium collapse	Bastia, Corsica
18	1946	1946 Rampe de Laffrey accident	Bus accident	Rampe de Laffrey, Isère
18	1926	Achères disaster [fr]	Train derailment	Achères, Yvelines
18	1966	Feyzin disaster	Industrial fire	Feyzin, Metropolis of Lyon
18	1920	1920 Lyon-Paris train collision [fr]	Train collision	Dijon, Côte-d'Or
17	1899	Juvisy-sur-Orge train accident [fr]	Train collision	Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne
17	1936	Sinking of the Marinette et Margot	Shipwreck	Sole Bank, Atlantic Ocean	^[20]
17	1914	1914 Bricquebec train collision	Train collision	Bricquebec, Manche	^[21]
17	1913	1913 Cagnes-Grasse derailment	Train derailment	Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes	^[22]
17	2005	Boulevard Vincent-Auriol fire [fr]	Building fire	Paris
17	1920	Fosse de Rœulx elevator disaster	Mine accident	Escaudain, Nord
17	1985	Saint-Pierre-du-Vauvray accident [fr]	Level crossing disaster	Saint-Pierre-du-Vauvray, Eure
17	1956	Sinking of the Vert Prairial	Shipwreck	Offshore of Cornwall, England	^[23]
17	1884	1884 Ferfay disaster	Mine explosion	Ferfay, Pas-de-Calais
17	1904	1904 Mamers flood [fr]	Flood	Mamers, Sarthe
16+	1918	Ségrie rail disaster [fr]	Train collision	Ségrie, Sarthe
16 (French)	1986	Sinking of the Snekkar Arctic	Shipwreck	North Sea near Scotland	18 killed in total.^[24]
16	1952	Sinking of the All Right	Shipwreck	Offshore of Finistère	^[25]
16	1879	Magny Coal Mine explosion [fr]	Mine explosion	Magny-Danigon, Haute-Saône
16	1987	Air Littoral Flight 1919	Plane crash	near Eysines, Gironde
16	1991	1991 Melun train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Melun, Seine-et-Marne
16	1968	1968 Sainte-Marie Douglas DC-6 crash	Plane crash	Sainte-Marie, Réunion
16	1906	Lutin disaster	Submarine accident	Bizerte Lake, Tunisia
16	1855	1855 Lyon-Paris Express derailment [fr]	Train derailment	Seine-et-Marne
16	1866	Franois rail disaster	Train collision	Doubs
16	1970	1970 Courrières mines explosion	Mine explosion	Fouquières-lès-Lens, Pas-de-Calais
16	1880	Clichy-Levallois train collision [fr]	Train collision	Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine
16	1948	1948 Sallaumines mine explosion	Mine explosion	Sallaumines, Pas-de-Calais
16	1950	Sinking of the Gay-Lussac	Shipwreck	Irish Sea	^[26]
16	1943	1943 Annequin mine explosion	Mine explosion	Annequin, Pas-de-Calais
15	1908	Pouch Tunnel Rail Disaster [fr]	Train collision	Voutezac, Corrèze
15	1962	Sinking of the Ravenel [fr]	Shipwreck	Offshore of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
15	1998	Proteus Airlines Flight 706	Mid-air collision	Quiberon Bay, Morbihan
15	1919	Sinking of the USS Gypsum Queen	Shipwreck	near Ar Men Lighthouse, Finistère
15	1918	Mont-Dore-Paris mail train derailment [fr]	Train derailment	Loir-et-Cher
15	1881	1881 Lourches mine disaster	Mine explosion	Lourches, Nord
15	1982	Storm of November 6–8, 1982 [fr]	Storm	Metropolitan France
15	2018	October 2018 floods in Aude [fr]	Flood	Aude
15	1919	1919 Mauvages train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Mauvages, Meuse
14	1904	1904 La Chapelle train collision	Train collision	Paris	^[27]
14	1870	Critot train disaster [fr]	Derailment	Critot, Seine-Maritime
14	1916	1916 Saint-Denis train disaster [fr]	Train explosion	Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
14	1917	1917 Massy-Palaiseau derailment [fr]	Train derailment	Massy, Essonne
14	1905	Farfadet disaster	Submarine accident	Bizerte Lake, Tunisia
14	1922	Châtelaudren train collision [fr]	Train collision	Châtelaudren, Côtes-d'Armor
14	1953	Sinking of the Kanaouen ar Mor II	Shipwreck	Celtic Sea	^[28]
14	1900	1900 Landes Sud Express disaster	Train derailment	Landes
14	2016	Rouen bar fire	Building fire	Rouen, Seine-Maritime
14	1911	Montreuil-Bellay train accident [fr]	Bridge collapse	Maine-et-Loire
14	1897	Capvern train collision [fr]	Train collision	Capvern, Hautes-Pyrénées
14	1846	Fampoux rail accident	Train derailment	Fampoux, Pas-de-Calais
14	1918	La Courneuve disaster [fr]	Explosion	La Courneuve, Seine-Saint-Denis
13	1997	Port-Sainte-Foy accident [fr]	Level crossing disaster	Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt, Dordogne
13	1946	1946 Ostricourt Mines disaster	Mine explosion	Oignies, Pas-de-Calais
13	1853	Second Cinq Sous Mine Disaster	Mine explosion	Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire
13	1911	Courville train accident [fr]	Train collision	Courville, Eure-et-Loir
13	2019	2019 Ménaka mid-air collision	Mid-air collision	Ménaka, Mali
13	1923	1923 Mareuil-le-Port train collision [fr]	Train collision	Mareuil-le-Port, Marne
13	1954	Sinking of the Tendre Berceuse	Shipwreck	Irish Sea	^[29]
13	1917	1917 Châteauneuf-sur-Cher train collision [fr]	Train collision	Châteauneuf-sur-Cher, Cher
13	1879	1879 Fleurs train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Orne
13	1876	1876 Fosse Soyez mine disaster	Mine accident	Roost-Warendin, Nord
13	1922	Rouffach train collision [fr]	Train collision	Rouffach, Haut-Rhin
12	1917	1917 Valmanya avalanche [fr]	Avalanche	Valmanya, Pyrénées-Orientales
12	1925	1925 Amiens train derailment [fr]	Train derailment	Amiens, Somme
12	1909	1909 Saulx-les-Chartreux train collision	Train collision	Saulx-les-Chartreux, Île-de-France	^[30]
12	1931	Saint-Denis-de-Pile bridge collapse	Bridge collapse	Saint-Denis-de-Pile, Gironde	^[31]
12	1906	Épernon train accident [fr]	Train collision	Épernon, Eure-et-Loir
12	1962	Sinking of the Trawler Jeanne-Gougy	Shipwreck	Off of Land's End, England	^[32]
12	1763	1763 Prats-de-Mollo earthquake	Earthquake	Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Pyrénées-Orientales
12	1962	Sinking of Le Kador	Shipwreck	Offshore of Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère	^[33]
12	1910	Bernay train accident [fr]	Train derailment	Bernay, Eure
12	1951	Sinking of the Trawler Ginette Le Borgne	Shipwreck	Offshore of Cape Race, Canada	^[34]
12	1907	Coutras train accident [fr]	Train collision	Gironde
12	1879	Xeuilley train disaster [fr]	Carbon monoxide poisoning	Xeuilley, Meurthe-et-Moselle
12	1952	1952 Frugerès-les-Mines disaster	Mine disaster	Frugerès-les-Mines, Haute-Loire
12	1919	1919 Douai train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Douai, Nord
11	2015	Eckwersheim derailment	Train derailment	Eckwersheim, Bas-Rhin
11	1988	1988 Nîmes flood [fr]	Flood	Nîmes, Gard
11	2020	Storm Alex	Cyclone	Metropolitan France
11	1951	1951 Bruay-en-Artois mine explosion	Mine explosion	Bruay-la-Buissière, Pas-de-Calais
11	1917	Paul Tourreil disasters	Shipwreck	Off of Île d'Yeu, Vendée	^[35]
11	1895	1895 Saint-Brandan train disaster [fr]	Train derailment	Saint-Brandan, Côtes d'Armor
11	1979	1979 Nice tsunami	Tsunami	Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
11	1799	Fosse du Gros Caillou explosion	Mine explosion	Vieux-Condé, Nord
11	1920	1920 La Rochelle disaster [fr]	Explosion	La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime
11	1989	Hurricane Hugo	Hurricane	Guadeloupe
11	2017	Hurricane Irma	Hurricane	Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy
11	1990	Joigny coach crash	Bus accident	Joigny, Yonne
11	1920	1920 Armentières train collision [fr]	Train collision	Armentières, Nord
11	1854	1854 Aniche disaster [fr]	Mine explosion and landslide	Aniche, Nord
11	1871	1871 Saint-Sornin train disaster [fr]	Train derailment	Saint-Sornin, Allier
11	1871	1871 Champigny derailment [fr]	Train derailment	Champigny, Yonne
11	2023	Wintzenheim lodge fire [fr]	Building fire	Wintzenheim, Haut-Rhin
11	1869	1869 Fosse Notre-Dame disaster [fr]	Mine accident	Waziers, Nord
11	1912	1912 Gare du Nord train disaster	Train collision	Paris	^[36]
11	1958	1958 Drocourt Mines disaster	Mine accident	Méricourt, Pas-de-Calais
11	1805	Fosse Saint-Roch mine fire	Mine fire	Vieux-Condé, Nord
10	1954	1954 La Clarence mines disaster	Mine explosion	Divion, Pas-de-Calais
10	2008	2008 French measles outbreak [fr]	Disease outbreak	Metropolitan France
10	1947	Sinking of the Chalutier Rosier Fleuri	Shipwreck	Guilvinec, Finistère	^[37]
10	1978	Sinking of the Alcyon	Shipwreck	Offshore of Cornwall, England	^[38]
10 (French)	2015	April 2015 Nepal earthquake	Earthquake	Nepal
10	1853	First Ravez Mine disaster	Mine explosion	Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire
10	1991	Air Tahiti Flight 805	Plane crash	Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
10	2022	Vaulx-en-Velin fire	Building fire	Vaulx-en-Velin, Metropolis of Lyon
10	1908	Grisolles train disaster	Train collision	Grisolles, Tarn-et-Garonne	^[39]
10	1962	Sinking of Le Moros	Shipwreck	Irish Sea	^[40]
10	2019	February 2019 Paris fire	Building fire	Paris
10	1931	Étampes train accident [fr]	Train derailment	Étampes, Essonne
10	1957	1957 Lens Mines explosion	Mine explosion	Liévin, Pas-de-Calais
10	1955	Sinking of the Galant Passeur	Shipwreck	Celtic Sea	^[41]
10	1921	1921 Feurs train disaster [fr]	Train collision	Feurs, Loire
10	1968	Sinking of the Où Vas-Tu	Shipwreck	Irish Sea	^[42]
10	1972	Sinking of the Cité d'Aleth	Shipwreck	Irish Sea	^[43]
10	1885	1885 Courcelles-les-Lens mine disaster	Mine explosion	Courcelles-les-Lens, Pas-de-Calais Department