This is a list of some of the breeds of sheep considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French.
Aure et Campan Avranchin Barégeoise Basco-Béarnaise Belle Ile Berrichon de l'Indre Berrichon du Cher Bizet Blanc du Massif Central Bleu du Maine Boulonnaise Brigasque Castillonnaise Caussenarde des Garrigues Causses du Lot Charmoise Charollais Commune des Alpes Corse Cotentin Est à Laine Mérinos Grivette Ile-de-France Lacaune Lait Lacaune Viande Landaise Landes de Bretagne Limousine Lourdaise Manech Tête Noire Manech Tête Rousse Martinik Montagne Noire Mourerous Mérinos d'Arles Mérinos de Rambouillet Mérinos Précoce Noir du Velay Ouessant PréAlpes du Sud Raiole Rambouillet Rava sheep Rouge de l'Ouest Rouge du Roussillon Roussin de La Hague Sasi Ardi Solognote Southdown Français Tarasconnaise Thônes et Marthod Vendéen
Extinct breeds
Alfort Ardes Artois Boischaut Brenne Cambrai Campan Cauchois Caussenard de la Lozère Champagne Châtillonais Choletais Corbières Crevant Franconie Gascon Larzac Lauraguais Maine à Tête Blanche Marchois Mérinos Champenois Mérinos de la Camargue Mérinos de Mauchamp Mérinos du Naz Morvandelle Moutons à Tête Noire Picard Roussillon Merino Ruthenois Ségala Soissonais St. Quentin Trun
References Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. . Archived 23 June 2020.
Breed data sheet: France / Sheep . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2021.