According to a report by the Centre d'études et d'expertise sur les risques, l'environnement, la mobilité et l'aménagement (Cerema) around 500 communes along the coastline of France are likely to be severely affected by coastal erosion arising from climate change.
France is particularly vulnerable to the retreat of the coastline, which in areas is collapsing under the effect of natural phenomena (swell, wind), rising sea levels, as well as human actions.
