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Point zéro (kilometre zero) on the parvis of Notre-Dame de Paris

A route nationale, or simply nationale, is a class of trunk road in France. They are important roads of national significance which cross broad portions of the French territory, in contrast to departmental or communal roads which serve more limited local areas.

Their use is free, except when crossing certain structures subject to a toll. They are open to all vehicles, except on certain sections having motorway (autoroute) or express road (voie express) status, both of these categories being reserved for motorized vehicles only.

France at one time had some 30,500 km of routes nationales and publicly owned motorways. However,this figure has decreased with the transfer of the responsibility for many routes to the départements; by 2010, the total length of motorways and other national roads was around 21,100 km. By way of comparison, routes départementales in the same year covered a total distance of 378,000 km.[1]

The layout of the main trunk road network reflects France's centralizing tradition: the majority of them radiate from Paris. The most important trunk roads begin on the parvis of Notre Dame de Paris at a point known as point zéro (kilometre zero). In order to cover the country effectively, there are many other roads that do not serve Paris directly.

History

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The system dates back to 16 December 1811, when Napoleon designated a number of routes impériales (imperial highways). First-class routes were numbered from 1 to 14; all began at Paris, radiating out in a clockwise manner. Route 1 ran from Paris north to Calais, and is still the general path of route nationale 1. Second-class routes, from 15 to 27, did the same, while third-class routes from 28 to 229 provided less major connections. During the Bourbon Restoration, in 1824, these routes were renamed routes royales (royal highways) and modified. Route 3, Paris to Hamburg via Soissons, Reims and Liège, was renumbered to 31 and 51, and the subsequent routes were shifted down by one. Routes 19 and 20 were completely outside the post-Napoleon France, and so 21 to 27 became 18 to 24. In 1830 the highways were renamed routes nationales.[2]

In the 21st century, the French Government has downgraded many of the former routes nationales, such as the N7 from Paris to the Côte d'Azur, transferring responsibility for them to the départements.[3]

List of routes nationales

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Routes nationales 1 to 25

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Number Runs through:
N1 Paris - Beauvais - Amiens - Abbeville - Boulogne-sur-Mer - Calais - Dunkirk - Belgium (N39)
N2 Paris - Soissons - Laon - Maubeuge - Belgium (N6)
N3 Paris - Meaux - Château-Thierry - Épernay - Châlons-en-Champagne - Verdun - Metz - Germany (B41)
N4 Paris - Vitry-le-François - Saint-Dizier - Toul - Blâmont - Sarrebourg - Strasbourg - Germany (B28)
N4A Vincennes (N34) - Joinville-le-Pont (N186)
N5 Dijon - Dole - Switzerland (Geneva) - Thonon-les-Bains - Saint-Gingolph - Switzerland (21)
N6 Paris - Melun - Fontainebleau - Sens - Auxerre - Chalon-sur-Saône - Mâcon - Lyon - Chambéry - Modane - Italy (SS25)
N7 Paris - Fontainebleau - Montargis - Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire - Nevers - Moulins - Roanne - Lyon - Vienne - Valence - Montélimar - Orange - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Fréjus - Saint-Raphaël - Cannes - Antibes - Nice - Menton - Italy (SS1)
N8 Aix-en-Provence - Marseille - Aubagne - Toulon
N9 Moulins - Clermont-Ferrand - Issoire - Saint-Chély-d'Apcher - Marvejols - Banassac - Millau - Clermont-l'Hérault - Béziers - Narbonne - Perpignan - Spain (N-II)
N10 Saint-Cyr-l'École - Rambouillet - Chartres - Tours - Châtellerault - Poitiers - Angoulême - Bordeaux - Biarritz - Spain (N-I)
N11 Poitiers (N10) - Niort - La Rochelle
N12 Saint-Cyr-l'École - Dreux - Alençon - Fougères - Liffré - Rennes - Saint-Brieuc - Brest
N13 Paris - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Orgeval - Mantes-la-Jolie - Évreux - Lisieux - Caen - Cherbourg
N14 Paris - Enghien - Pontoise - Rouen
N15 Bonnières-sur-Seine (A13) - Rouen - Yvetot - Le Havre
N16 Pierrefitte (N1) - Creil - Clermont
N17 Le Bourget (N2) - Senlis - Arras - Lille - Hallum Belgium (N32)
N18 Étain - Longuyon - Longwy - Belgium (N830)
N19 Paris - Provins - Troyes - Chaumont - Langres - Vesoul - Belfort - Switzerland
N20 Paris - Étampes - Orléans - Vierzon - Châteauroux - Limoges - Brive - Cahors - Montauban - Toulouse - Foix - Bourg-Madame - Spain (N-152)
N21 Limoges - Périgueux - Bergerac - Agen - Auch - Tarbes - Argelès-Gazost
N22 N20 between Foix and Bourg-Madame - Andorra
N23 Chartres - Le Mans - Angers - Nantes
N24 Rennes - Lorient
N25 Amiens - Arras

Routes nationales 26 to 50

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Number Runs through:
N26 Verneuil-sur-Avre (N12) - Argentan
N27 Rouen - Dieppe
N28 Rouen - Abbeville - Dunkirk
N29 Yvetot - Amiens - Saint-Quentin - La Capelle
N30 Bapaume - Cambrai - Valenciennes - Quiévrain
N31 Rouen - Beauvais - Compiègne - Soissons - Reims
N32 Compiègne - La Fère
N33 Saint-Avold - Creutzwald
N34 Vincennes - Coulommiers - Esternay
N35 Saint-Dizier - Bar-le-Duc - Verdun
N36 Meaux - Melun
N37 A6 - RN7
N38 Beauvais - Ressons-sur-Matz - Noyon - Charmes; downgraded to D 338, D 938 and D 1032
N39 Arras - Hesdin - Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
N40 Le Havre - Eu - Calais - Belgium (N39); downgraded to D 940
N41 Béthune - Lille
N42 Boulogne-sur-Mer - Saint-Omer - Bailleul
N43 Metz - Sedan - La Capelle - Charleville-Mézières - Cambrai - Douai - Lens - Béthune - Saint-Omer - Calais
N44 Cambrai - Saint-Quentin - Laon - Reims - Châlons-en-Champagne - Vitry-le-François
N45 Douai - Valenciennes
N46 Marle-sur-Serre - Parois; downgraded to D 946
N47 Lens - La Bassée
N48 Valenciennes - Belgium (N60); downgraded to D 935
N49 Valenciennes - Maubeuge - Jeumont - Belgium (N54)
N50 Arras - Douai

Routes nationales 51 to 75

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Number Runs through:
N51 Witry-lès-Reims - Rethel
Originally ran from Orléans to Givet. In 1978, the section from Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Épernay was downgraded to D 951 and D 403 while the section from Orléans to Fontainebleau was reassigned to the N 152. In 2005, the Épernay-Reims section was downgraded to D 951 and the Rocroi to Givet section was downgraded to D 8051.
N52 Metz - Thionville - Longwy - Belgium (A28)
Originally ran from Uckange to Longwy. In the 1970s, a section from Metz to Florange was added and the section from Uckange to Florange was downgraded to D 952.
N53 Thionville - Évrange
Originally began at Metz; the Metz-Thionville section was downgraded to D 953 in 1972 and the remainder was downgraded to D 653 in 2006.
N54 Metz - Boulay-Moselle - Téterchen - Germany (B 269)
Downgraded to D 954 in the 1970s.
N55 Metz - Delme - Château-Salins
Downgraded to D 955 in the 1970s.
N56 Saint-Avold - Sarralbe
Downgraded to D 956 in 2005.
N57 Metz - Nancy - Épinal - Vesoul - Besançon - Pontarlier - Ballaigues
N58 Sedan - Bouillon
Originally ran from Pont-à-Mousson to Saulx-en-Barrois; this was downgraded to D 958 in 1972.
N59 Nancy - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges - Raves; originally continued to Sélestat, but this was downgraded to D 1059 in 2021.
N60 Orléans - Montargis - Sens - Troyes
Downgraded to D 960, D 60, D 660 and D 2060 in 2005.
N61 Phalsbourg - Saarbrücken
Phalsbourg-Hambach downgraded to D 1061 in 2005 and reminder downgraded to D 661 in 2024.
N62 Haguenau - Deux-Ponts
Downgraded to D 1062, D 662 and D 962 in 1972.
N62 Sarreguemines - Haguenau
Downgraded to D 1062 and D 662 in 2005.
N63 Strasbourg - Haguenau - A35
N64 Charleville-Mézières - Sedan - Verdun - Commercy - Neufchâteau - Lure
Downgraded to D 964, D 764 (one section now D 8043), D 164 and D 64 in 1972.
N65 Auxerre - A6
Originally ran from Neufchâteau to Bonny-sur-Loire; the section from Neufchâteau to Charmont was renumbered to N 74 (itself now D 674) and the remainder downgraded to the D 65 and D 965.
N66 Remiremont - Mulhouse; originally continued to the Swiss border, but this was downgraded to D 66 and D 201.
N67 Saint-Dizier - Chaumont
Downgraded to D 570 in 2024.
N68 La Chaussée - Lauterbourg
Much of route downgraded in the 1970s to D 468 except for the Illkirch-Graffenstaden – Strasbourg section, which was renumbered to N 83.
N69 Huningue - Switzerland
Downgraded to D 469 in 1972.
N70 Paray-le-Monial - Montchanin
Originally ran from La Roche-en-Brenil to Combeaufontaine; this was downgraded to D 70.
N71 Troyes - Dijon
Downgraded to D 671 and D 971 in 2005.
N72 Mont-sous-Vaudrey - Pontarlier
Downgraded to D 472 and D 72 in 1972.
N72 Ramp to A6 exit 28 (Mâcon-Nord) from the A6 at Sennecé-lès-Mâcon
Downgraded to D 672 in 2006.
N73 Besançon - Dole - Chalon-sur-Saône
Originally ran from Moulins to Hésingue, but this was downgraded to D 973 in the 1970s.
N74 Sarreguemines - Château-Salins - Nancy - Toul - Chaumont - Langres - Dijon - Beaune - Corpeau (Route des Grands Crus from Dijon to Santenay)
Downgraded to D 74, D 674 and D 974 by 2006.
N75 Bourg-en-Bresse - Grenoble - Sisteron
Originally continued to Tournus, but this was downgraded to D 975 (one section became N 479; now D 979a) in 1972. The remainder was downgraded to D 1075 and D 4075 in 2005.

Routes nationales 76 to 100

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Number Runs through:
N76 Tours - Vierzon - Bourges - Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
N77 Auxerre - Troyes - Châlons-en-Champagne
N77BIS Doudoye - Sombernon
Downgraded to D 977BIS in 1972.
N77TER Bouillon - Sugny
Located in Belgium; downgraded to D 777 in 1972. Had no connection to the N 77.
N78 Chalon-sur-Saône - Louhans - Lons-le-Saunier - Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
N79 Montmarault - Mâcon - Bourg-en-Bresse
N79A Bourbon-Lancy - N 79 (Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire)
Downgraded to D 979A in 1972.
N80 Autun - Le Creusot - Chalon-sur-Saône
N81 Nevers - Autun - Pouilly-en-Auxois
N82 Roanne - Saint-Étienne - Chanas
N83 Lyon - Bourg-en-Bresse - Lons-le-Saunier - Besançon - Belfort - Colmar - Strasbourg
N83A N 83 - A36 exit 14
Downgraded to D 1083 in 2006.
N83BIS La Villeneuve - Saint-Marcel
Became a portion of the N 73 in 1972; had no connection whatsoever to the N 83.
N84 Lyon - Nantua - Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
N84A Meximieux - Saint-Denis-en-Bugey
Became a portion of a rerouted N 84 (the old route of N 84 became D 984) in 1972.
N84B Collonges - Switzerland
Downgraded to D 984B in 1972.
N84C Saint-Genis-Pouilly - Switzerland
Downgraded to D 984C in 1972; the old route via Vesancy is now D 75H following construction of a new route between Gex and Divonne-les-Bains.
N84D La Cluse - Oyonnax
Downgraded to D 984D in 1972.
N85 Bourgoin-Jallieu - Grenoble - Gap - Digne-les-Bains - Grasse - Cannes
N85A N 85 - La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar
Downgraded to D 985A in 1972.
N86 Bollène - Bagnols-sur-Cèze; formerly a section of the D 994 (and N 94 before that).
Originally ran from Lyon to Nîmes via Beaucaire. Downgraded to D 86, D 386, D 486 D 1086 and D 6086 by 2006.
N87 Grenoble southern ring road
Originally ran from Remoulins to Pézenas via Nîmes, Lunel, Montpellier and Mèze. In 1952, the section from Remoulins to Nîmes became a portion of an extended N 86 and the section from Nîmes to Pézenas became a portion of the N 113.
N88 Lyon - Saint-Étienne - Le Puy-en-Velay - Mende - Rodez - Albi - Toulouse
N89 Lyon - Thiers - Clermont-Ferrand - Tulle - Périgueux - Libourne - Bordeaux
N90 Grenoble - Albertville - Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Col du Petit Saint-Bernard
N91 Grenoble - Briançon
N92 Romans-sur-Isère - Moirans
N93 Originally ran from Fiancey to Sisteron. In the 1950s, N 93 was rerouted to the N 75 at Aspres-sur-Buëch; the old route became the N 93B and N 75. Downgraded to the D 93 and D 993 in 1972; now D 493.

Next used from Viviers to Pierrelatte. Downgraded to D 93 and D 93N in 2005.

N93B Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon - Aspremont
Former routing of the N 93 before it was rerouted to Aspres-sur-Buëch (the remainder of old N 93 from Aspremont to Sisteron became a portion of the N 75). Downgraded to D 993B in 1972.
N94 Gap - Montgenèvre
N95 Tain-l'Hermitage - A7 (exit 13)
N96 Aubagne - Aix-en-Provence - Manosque - Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
N97 Toulon - Le Luc
N98 Toulon - Fréjus - Saint-Raphaël - Cannes - Nice - Menton
N98A Gassin - Saint-Tropez
Downgraded to D 98A in 1972.
N99 First used from Montauban to Plan-d'Orgon. This was downgraded to the D 999 and D 99 (portions now D 988 and D 88) in 1972. Next used in Nice from the N 7 to the N 202; this was decommissioned in 2006.
N100 Remoulins (A9) - Avignon
Originally continued to the Italian border. Swapped with the N100A in 1961 and replaced the N 100A and N 100B. The section from Digne-les-Bains to the Italian border was downgraded to D 900 in 1972 and the section from Avignon to the Durance valley was downgraded to D 901, D 900 and D 4100 in 2007.
N100A First used from the N 100 to the N 94. Became the N 100C in the mid 1930s.

Next used from Digne-les-Bains to Col du Labouret via La Javie. Swapped with the N 100 in 1961, so that the N 100A ran via Barles and Verdaches. Downgraded to D 900A in the 1970s.

N100B Originally ran from Selonnet to Saint-Vincent-les-Forts via the Saint-Jean pass; this was replaced by a rerouted N 100 in 1961. N 100B was reassigned to a route from Gap to Saint-Vincent-les-Forts; this was downgraded to D 900B in 1972.
N100C First used from Île-de-Rousset (N 100) to Grand-Pré (N 94), formerly N 100 until 1926 and the N 100A from 1926 to the mid 1930s. This route is gone, submerged beneath the waters of the Serre-Ponçon reservoir. Reassigned to a route from the N 100B south of Espinasses to Selonnet; this was downgraded to D 900C in 1973.

Routes nationales 101 to 125

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Number Runs through:
N101 Eastern bypass of Remoulins - Link N86-N100
N102 Vergongheon - Brioude - Le Puy-en-Velay and Pradelles - Aubenas - Montélimar
N103 Conflans-en-Jarnisy - Briey
N104 Lognes - Évry - Les Ulis (Francilienne)
N105 Melun - Montereau-Fault-Yonne
N106 Nîmes - Alès - Florac - Mende - Saint-Chély-d'Apcher
N107 Vedène - Le Pontet - Montfavet
N108 Marvejols - Barjac
N109 Clermont-l'Hérault - Montpellier
N110 Montpellier - Alès
N111 Biriatou - A63
N112 Montpellier - Béziers - Castres - Albi
N113 Bordeaux - Agen - Toulouse - Carcassonne - Narbonne - Pézenas - Montpellier - Nîmes - Arles - Salon-de-Provence - Marseille
N114 Perpignan - Cerbère
N115 Le Boulou - Col d'Ares
N116 Perpignan - Bourg-Madame
N117 Toulouse - Tarbes - Pau - Bayonne
N118 Sèvres - Les Ulis
N119
N120 Uzerche - Tulle - Aurillac - Espalion - Rodez
N121 Saint-Flour - Espalion
N122 Clermont-Ferrand ou Massiac - Aurillac - Villefranche-de-Rouergue - Toulouse
N123 Chartres
N124 Toulouse - Auch - Mont-de-Marsan - Dax - Saint-Geours-de-Maremne
N125 Montréjeau - Fos

Routes nationales 126 to 150

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Number Runs through:
N126 Toulouse - Castres
N127
N128
N129
N130
N131
N132 Cherbourg
N133
N134 Saugnacq-et-Muret - Mont-de-Marsan - Pau - col du Somport
N135 Bar-le-Duc - Ligny-en-Barrois
N136 Rennes
N137 Saint-Malo - Rennes - Nantes - La Rochelle - Saintes - Bordeaux
N138 Rouen - Alençon - Le Mans - Tours
N139
N140 Cressensac - Figeac - Rodez
N141 Saintes - Angoulême - Limoges - Aubusson - Clermont-Ferrand
N142 Bourges
N143 Tours - Châteauroux
N144 Bourges - Montluçon - Riom
N145 Bellac - Guéret - Montluçon
N146 Avallon - A6
N147 Angers - Poitiers - Limoges
N148 Sainte-Hermine - Niort
N149 Nantes - Poitiers
N150 Niort - Royan

Routes nationales 151 to 175

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Number Runs through:
N151 Poitiers - Châteauroux - Bourges - La Charité-sur-Loire - Auxerre
N152 Fontainebleau - Orléans - Tours - Angers
N153 Thionville - Apach
N154 Louviers - Évreux - Dreux - Chartres - Artenay
N155
N156
N157 Orléans - Le Mans - Laval - Rennes
N158 Caen - Falaise - Sées
N159
N160 Angers - Cholet - La Roche-sur-Yon - Les Sables-d'Olonne
N161
N162 Mayenne - Laval - Angers
N163
N164 Montauban-de-Bretagne - Châteaulin
N165 Nantes - Vannes - Lorient - Quimper - Brest
N166 Ploërmel - Vannes
N167
N168
N169 Lorient - Roscoff
N170
N171 La Baule - Châteaubriant - Laval
N172
N173
N174 Carentan - Saint-Lô - Vire
N175 Rennes - Pontorson - Avranches - Caen - Rouen

Routes nationales 176 to 200

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Number Runs through:
N176 Pré-en-Pail - Domfront - Dinan - Interchange N12/E50
N177 Pont-l'Évêque - Trouville-sur-Mer
N178
N179
N180
N181
N182
N183
N184 Saint-Germain-en-Laye - l'Isle Adam
N185
N186
N187
N188 Massy / A10 - Les Ulis
N189
N190
N191 Mennecy - Étampes - Ablis
N192
N193

Bastia - Corte, Haute-Corse - Ajaccio

N194
N195
N196

Ajaccio - Bonifacio

N197

Ponte Leccia - Calvi

N198

Casamozza - Bonifacio

N199
N200

Routes nationales 201-299

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Number Runs through:
N201 Chambéry bypass
All of the route except the section in Chambéry (known as the voie rapide urbaine, or VRU) was downgraded to D 1201 in 2005.
N202 Nice Côte d'Azur Airport - Puget-Théniers - Barrême
Originally ran from Nice to Thonon-les-Bains; this was downgraded to D 902 and D 2202 in 1975. Portions of the current N 202 were downgraded to D 4202 and D 6202 in 2005; the portion in Nice is now M 6202.
N202A Guillestre - Villard
Downgraded to D 902A in 1972.
N203 Annecy - Bonneville
Originally ended at Thonon-les-Bains. In 1972, the section from Bonneville to Findrol was renumbered to N 205 (now D 1205), the section from Findrol to Rosses was downgraded to D 905, the section from Rosses to Machilly was renumbered to N 206 (now D 1206) and the section from Machilly to Thonon-les-Bains was downgraded to D 903. The remaining section was downgraded to D 1203 in 2006.
N204 Breil-sur-Roya - Col de Tende tunnel (Italian border)
Downgraded to D 6204 in 2006.
N204A La Trinité - La Turbie
Downgraded to D 2204A (now M 2204A) in 1972.
N204B Breil-sur-Roya - Italy (S 20)
Became the southern portion of the N 204 (now D 6204).
N205 Passy - Mont Blanc Tunnel; former sections of N 505, N 203, N 506, N 202 and N 506A. The section from Passy to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc was downgraded to D 1205 in 2005.

Originally used from Nice to Barcelonnette via the Bonette Pass. The section from Nice to Pont de la Mescla was absorbed into the N 202 in 1920; the remainder was downgraded to D 2205 (now M 2205) in 1972.

N206 First used in 1860 from Collonges to Annemasse; extended to Rosses in 1866. Partially downgraded to D 906 in 1972.

Next used in 1972 from Bellegarde-sur-Valserine to Douvaine, replacing portions of N 84, N 92, N 203 and all of N 203B. Downgraded to D 1206.

N206A Étrembières - Monnetier-Mornex
Downgraded to D 906A in 1972.
N207 Reillanne - Saint-Benoît (N 202)
Downgraded to D 907 and D 4 in 1972; one section became a portion of the N 202.
N207A La Brillanne - Les Buissonnades
Downgraded to D 4B and D 4 in 1972.
N208 Uvernet-Fours (N 202) - Annot
Downgraded to D 908 in 1972.
N209 Creuzier-le-Neuf - Varennes-sur-Allier
N210 First used in 1896 from the Gueydan Bridge to Barcelonnette as a result of an abandoned extension of the N 205. Initially numbered as N 212, it was renumbered to N 202 in 1920.

Next used from Châteauneuf-Grasse to Pont de la Manda as a renumbering of the N 209A. Downgraded to D 2210 in 1972; one section is now the M 2210.

Used a third time in Bordeaux connecting exit 4 of the A630 to Bouscat; this was downgraded in several stages.

Used a fourth time for the Troyes bypass. Downgraded to D 610.

N210A Vence
Downgraded to D 2210A in 1972.
N211 Originally ran from Entrevaux to Logis-du-Pin; this was downgraded to D 911 and D 2211 in 1972. Next used from Le Bourget-du-Lac to Viviers-du-Lac, along the former N 514A. Downgraded to D 1201A in 2006.
N211A Puget-Théniers - Briançonnet
Downgraded to D 911A and D 2211A in 1972.
N212 Sallanches - Megève - Ugine - Albertville
N213 Link between N9 and A9 south of Narbonne; portion of the Narbonne ring road
N215 Bordeaux - Pointe de Grave
N216 Calais (A216) - Port of Calais
N217 Link between N17 and A22 north of Lille
Downgraded to D 710.
N218 Longwy (D 918) - Belgium (A28)
N220 Chambéry
Downgraded to D 10.
N221 Trélissac (N 21) - Saint-Laurent-sur-Manoire (A89 exit 16)
N222 Ploufragan (D 790) - Yffiniac (N 12/D 222)
N223 Le Mans - Changé
Downgraded to D 304.
N224 Mondonville (M 1/M 37) - Blagnac (M 902/M 904)
N225 Bergues (A25/D 916) - Dunkirk (A16/D 625)
N226 A11 exit 9 - N 23 (Le Mans)
Downgraded to D 326 in 2006.
N227 Lesquin - Villeneuve-d'Ascq
N230 Bordeaux eastern ring road
N235 Amiens - Yzeux
Was part of N 35 before 1972; downgraded to D 1235 in 2006.
N237 Périgny (N 11/N 137) - La Pallice
N244 Reims (A34) - Cormontreuil (A34/A344); Reims eastern bypass
N247 La Crèche (A10) - La Crèche (N 11)
Downgraded to D 647.
N248 Épannes (N 11) - A10 exit 33
N249 Nantes - Cholet - Bressuire
N250 A660 exit 2 - La Teste-de-Buch (D 259)
Originally ran from Bordeaux to Arcachon; the section from Bordeaux to Facture was part of the N 650 before 1973. In 2006, the sections from Bordeaux to A660 exit 2 and La Teste-de-Buch to Arcachon were downgraded to D 1250.
N252 Blois (D 952/D 2152) - A10 exit 17
Downgraded to D 952a in 2006.
N254 Allaines-Mervilliers - A10 exit 12
N260 Angers (D 160) - Mûrs-Érigné (A87/D 160); Les Ponts-de-Cé eastern bypass
In 2006, the section from Angers to the N 1160 at Sorges was downgraded to D 260 and the section from Sorges to Mûrs-Érigné was absorbed into the A87.
N263 Bayonne (D 810) - A63 exit 5
Was a portion of the N 132 before 1973. Downgraded to a local road in 2006.
N266 Saint-Louis - Bourgfelden - Switzerland
Downgraded in 2006.
N271 A71 exit 2 - Olivet (N 20)
Downgraded to D 2271 in 2006.
N274 Rocade de Dijon (Dijon bypass, 18.5 km)
Downgraded to M 274 in 2024.
N285 A8 exit 42 - Cannes (D 6007)
Initially designated as N 567A; downgraded to D 6285 in 2006.
N286 Versailles (A86) - Saint-Cyr-l'École (N12)
Absorbed into the N 12 in 2006.
N287 Meudon-la-Forêt - Le Petit Clamart
Former N 187; downgraded to D 987.
N296 Aix-en-Provence northern bypass
N296A Aix-en-Provence western bypass

Routes nationales 300-399

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Number Runs through:
N304 Aubenas - Loriol-sur-Drôme
N312 Agde - A9 Exit n°34
N313 Aimargues - A9 Exit n°26
N320 L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre - Col de Puymorens - Porté-Puymorens
N330 Creil - Senlis - Meaux
N346 Rocade Est de Lyon
N383 Lyon eastern ring road

Routes nationales 400-499

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Number Runs through:
N420 Molsheim - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

Routes nationales 500-599

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Number Runs through:
N505 Gaillard - Findrol
Became a portion of N 205 (now D 1205) in 1972.
N506 Chamonix - Switzerland
Originally began at Bonneville; this section became a portion of the N 205 (partially now D 1205) in 1972. The remainder was downgraded to D 1506 in 2006.
N520 Contournement de Limoges (Limoges bypass, 16 km)
N544 First used in 1930 from Gap to Orcières; formerly the GC 13. Downgraded to D 944 in 1973-1974.

Next used in the Fos-sur-Mer industrial zone, linking Le Ventillon and the southern dock. Transferred to the Marseille-Fos Port as P 544 in 2005.

N545 First used in 1931 from La Fare-en-Champsaur to Chabottes; formerly the GC 15. Downgraded to D 945 in 1973.

Next used from Fos-sur-Mer to the N 544, serving the Fos-sur-Mer industrial zone. Transferred to the Marseille-Fos Port as P 545 in 2005.

N546 First used in 1932 from Sisteron to Buis-les-Baronnies; formerly the GC 3B, GC 3 and GC 14. Downgraded to D 946 and D 546 in 1973.

Next used in the Fos-sur-Mer industrial zone, linking the N 544 and N 545 along the Fos-sur-Mer to the Pont-du-Bouc navigation canal. Transferred to the Marseille-Fos Port as P 546 in 2005.

N568 Raphèle-lès-Arles - Martigues - Marseille
N569 Orgon - Miramas - Istres - Fos-sur-Mer
N570 Avignon - Tarascon - Arles
N572 Lunel - Aimargues - Vauvert - Saint-Gilles - Arles - Salon-de-Provence

Routes nationales 600-699

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Number Runs through:
N618 Saint-Jean-de-Luz - Col d'Aubisque - Col d'Aspin - Bagnères-de-Luchon - Saint-Girons - Argelès-sur-Mer
Downgraded to D 618 and D 918 in the 1970s.

Routes nationales 800-899

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Number Runs through:
N814 Caen ring road

Routes nationales 1001 and beyond

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Number Runs through:
N1029 Pont de Normandie
Now D 929.
N1085 First used for the Dignes-les-Bains bypass.

Next used from Grasse to Mougins. Renumbered to N 85.

N1141 Angoulême - Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Absorbed into the N 141 in 2020.
N1154 Lèves - Amilly; Chartres northwest bypass
N1463 Sochaux - Montbéliard
Downgraded to D 663.
N1547 La Madrague-de-la-Ville - Saint-Jerôme (Avenue Arnavon - Avenue Salvador Allende)
No relation to the N 547.
N2013 Cherbourg
N2027 Tôtes - Manéhouville
Former routing of the N 27; downgraded to D 927 in 2005.
N2079 Moulins - Dompierre-sur-Besbre
Former section of the N 480; downgraded to D 779.
N2141
N2516 Aix-en-Provence - A51
Formerly the A516.
N2537 La Rochelle - Chef de Baie
N2621 Avenue de Paris, Blagnac

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Figures from the Ministère de l’Écologie]
  2. ^ "Note Sommaire sur la Gestion des Routes".
  3. ^ "Take the slow road: Route Nationale 7, the French connection". Washington Post. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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