The Charente-Maritime region has some interesting  fossil sites along the shoreline and more inland. The fossils below are from the lower Cenomanien (B2ms zone sensu Neraudeau, 1997).  The local sediment is a sand-clay mixture that represents an estuarine which contains wood remains (Agathoxylon), small shark teeth and remains of terrestrial fauna.

Southern France and Spain are famous for their late Cretaceous dinosaur eggs qnd repitile re,qins.  Locally the deposit is named " Rognacien"; equivalent to the lower Maastrichtian.

I collected some specimen at the foot of the Montagne Ste Victoire  about fifteen years ago (now a strictly protected site), and more recently (2007) in the Var region. They are quite common throughout Southern France.

With some effort you can discern 3 cross-sections of eggs on the second photo, possibly one nest. The site consisted of a limited area of several hectares full of eggs, suggesting a confined group nesting site over a long period of time. The red clay suggests desert conditions, the eggs are quite large. Recent studies suggest there used to be a lake and a river delta at the time when the eggs hatched.

At least eight species are discerned,, which requires in certain cases statistical techniques, impossible for a single shell fragment.

Egg shell fragments can easily be collected in the red clay and sandstones. Throughout the Var region, the Aix basin are the Vaucluse. Bones are more scarce but accumulations do occur where old river beds surface.

The recent widening of the Highway between Ste Maxime and Aix (2005-2006) has resulted in many new discoveries.  The natural history museum in Aix is a good place to start, with a nice dinosaur collection, including many eggs discovered in recent years in the course of a downtown development project.