List of capitals of France

This is a chronological list of capitals of France.

From	To	Capital	Notes
	486	Tournai
486	ca. 900	Soissons
900	1108	Paris	The residence of the kings of France, but they were consecrated at Reims.
1108		Orléans	One of the few consecrations of a French monarch to occur outside of Reims occurred at Orléans, when Louis VI the Fat was consecrated in Orléans Cathedral by Daimbert, archbishop of Sens and from 13 December 1560 to 31 January 1561, the French States-General met here.
1108	1419	Paris	The residence of the kings of France, but they were consecrated at Reims.
1419	1422	Troyes	For a short time during the Hundred Years' War, the town was the seat of the royal government.
1422	1444	Bourges	Charles VII was forced to flee from Paris.
1444	1527	Tours	Louis XI made château de Plessis-lez-Tours his residence.
1528	1588	Paris	Francis I had established his court in Paris
1589	1594	Tours	faction of parliamentarians, faithful to the king was sitting at Tours.
1594	1661	Paris
1661	1682		Paris is the official capital, but Louis XIV disputed that Versailles will be the political center.
1682	1715	Versailles	In 1682, Louis XIV made Versailles his residence.
1715	1722	Paris
1722	1789	Versailles	On October 5 and 6, 1789, a throng from Paris invaded the castle and forced the royal family to move back to Paris. The National Constituent Assembly followed the king to Paris soon afterward, and Versailles lost its role of capital city.
1789	1871	Paris
1871	1879	Versailles
1879	1914	Paris
September 1914		Bordeaux	The French government was relocated from Paris to Bordeaux very briefly during World War I, when it was feared that Paris would soon fall into German hands. These fears were alleviated after the German Army was pushed back at the First Battle of the Marne
1914	1940	Paris
10–13 June 1940		Tours	Tours served as the temporary capital of France during the Second World War after the government fled Paris due to the German advance.
June 1940		Bordeaux	The French government was relocated from Paris to Tours then Bordeaux very briefly during World War II, when it became apparent that Paris would soon fall into German hands.
1940	1944	Vichy	The Parliament abolished the French Third Republic here and replaced it with the French State.
1940	1943	Brazzaville	With Metropolitan France under Axis powers rule, Brazzaville was announced as the capital of Free France.
1943	1944	Algiers	Was announced the capital of Free France, to be closer to the war in Europe.
1944	present	Paris	With the liberation of Paris in 1944, Charles de Gaulle established the Provisional Government of the French Republic, restoring Paris as the French capital.