UNESCO status
No Saint-Barthélemy property appears on the World Heritage List as of 9 October 2026.
Indigenous layers
Archaeological traces predate European settlement and deserve protection and precise interpretation.
Swedish Gustavia
Street names, warehouses, forts and archives document the free-port period from 1784 to 1878.
French return
The 1878 retrocession and 2007 institutional change shaped today’s collectivity.
Living heritage
Fishing knowledge, palm weaving, language habits, food and religious life are carried by communities, not monuments alone.
Visitor conduct
Do not climb fragile walls, enter graves, remove objects or market an unlisted place as UNESCO.
🔎 Verified sources
- INSEE · population in force 2026
- Ministère des Outre-mer · Saint-Barthélemy
- France-Visas · French overseas territories
- Préfecture · cyclone risk and shelters
- Official Saint-Barthélemy Tourism Committee · travel
- Official Saint-Barthélemy Tourism Committee · discover
- Czech Foreign Ministry · French overseas territories
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre · France