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, but this figure has decreased with the transfer of the responsibility for many routes to the départements so that 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.
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]
^"Take the slow road: Route Nationale 7, the French connection". Washington Post. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Route nationale news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Point zero kilometre zero on the parvis of Notre Dame de ParisTheir 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 but this figure has decreased with the transfer of the responsibility for many routes to the departements so that by 2010 the total length of motorways and other national roads was around 21 100 km By way of comparison routes departementales 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 zero kilometre zero In order to cover the country effectively there are many other roads that do not serve Paris directly Contents 1 History 2 List of routes nationales 2 1 Routes nationales 1 to 25 2 2 Routes nationales 26 to 50 2 3 Routes nationales 51 to 75 2 4 Routes nationales 76 to 100 2 5 Routes nationales 101 to 125 2 6 Routes nationales 126 to 150 2 7 Routes nationales 151 to 175 2 8 Routes nationales 176 to 200 2 9 Routes nationales 201 and beyond 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe system dates back to 16 December 1811 when Napoleon designated a number of routes imperiales 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 Liege 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 Cote d Azur transferring responsibility for them to the departements 3 List of routes nationales EditRoutes nationales 1 to 25 Edit 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 Chateau Thierry Epernay Chalons en Champagne Verdun Metz Germany B41 N4 Paris Vitry le Francois Saint Dizier Toul Blamont 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 Saone Macon Lyon Chambery Modane Italy SS25 N7 Paris Fontainebleau Montargis Cosne Cours sur Loire Nevers Moulins Roanne Lyon Vienne Valence Montelimar Orange Avignon Aix en Provence Frejus Saint Raphael Cannes Antibes Nice Menton Italy SS1 N8 Aix en Provence Marseille Aubagne ToulonN9 Moulins Clermont Ferrand Issoire Saint Chely d Apcher Marvejols Banassac Millau Clermont l Herault Beziers Narbonne Perpignan Spain N II N10 Saint Cyr l Ecole Rambouillet Chartres Tours Chatellerault Poitiers Angouleme Bordeaux Biarritz Spain N I N11 Poitiers N10 Niort La RochelleN12 Saint Cyr l Ecole Dreux Alencon Fougeres Liffre Rennes Saint Brieuc BrestN13 Paris Saint Germain en Laye Orgeval Mantes la Jolie Evreux Lisieux Caen CherbourgN14 Paris Enghien Pontoise RouenN15 Bonnieres sur Seine A13 Rouen Yvetot Le HavreN16 Pierrefitte N1 Creil ClermontN17 Le Bourget N2 Senlis Arras Lille Hallum Belgium N32 N18 Etain Longuyon Longwy Belgium N830 N19 Paris Provins Troyes Chaumont Langres Vesoul Belfort SwitzerlandN20 Paris Etampes Orleans Vierzon Chateauroux Limoges Brive Cahors Montauban Toulouse Foix Bourg Madame Spain N 152 N21 Limoges Perigueux Bergerac Agen Auch Tarbes Argeles GazostN22 N20 between Foix and Bourg Madame AndorraN23 Chartres Le Mans Angers NantesN24 Rennes LorientN25 Amiens ArrasRoutes nationales 26 to 50 Edit Number Runs through N26 Verneuil sur Avre N12 ArgentanN27 Rouen DieppeN28 Rouen Abbeville DunkirkN29 Yvetot Amiens Saint Quentin La CapelleN30 Bapaume Cambrai Valenciennes QuievrainN31 Rouen Beauvais Compiegne Soissons ReimsN32 Compiegne La FereN33 Saint Avold CreutzwaldN34 Vincennes Coulommiers EsternayN35 Saint Dizier Bar le Duc VerdunN36 Meaux MelunN37 A6 RN7N38N39 Arras Hesdin Le Touquet Paris PlageN40N41 Bethune LilleN42 Boulogne sur Mer Saint Omer BailleulN43 Metz Sedan La Capelle Charleville Mezieres Cambrai Douai Lens Bethune Saint Omer CalaisN44 Cambrai Saint Quentin Laon Reims Chalons en Champagne Vitry le FrancoisN45 Douai ValenciennesN46N47 Lens La BasseeN48N49 Valenciennes Maubeuge Jeumont Belgium N54 N50 Arras DouaiRoutes nationales 51 to 75 Edit Number Runs through N51 Epernay Reims Charleville Mezieres GivetN52 Metz Thionville LongwyN53 Thionville EvrangeN54N55N56 Saint Avold SarralbeN57 Metz Nancy Epinal Vesoul Besancon Pontarlier BallaiguesN58 Sedan BouillonN59 Nancy Saint Die des Vosges SelestatN60 Orleans Montargis Sens TroyesN61 Phalsbourg SaarbruckenN62 Sarreguemines HaguenauN63 Strasbourg Haguenau A35N64N65 Auxerre A6N66 Remiremont Mulhouse Basel Switzerland N67 Saint Dizier ChaumontN68N69N70 Paray le Monial MontchaninN71 Troyes DijonN72 Access to A6 at Macon Nord N73 Besancon Dole Chalon sur SaoneN74 Sarreguemines Chateau Salins Nancy Toul Chaumont Langres Dijon Beaune Corpeau Route des Grands Crus from Dijon to Santenay N75 Bourg en Bresse Grenoble SisteronRoutes nationales 76 to 100 Edit Number Runs through N76 Tours Vierzon Bourges Saint Pierre le MoutierN77 Auxerre Troyes Chalons en ChampagneN78 Chalon sur Saone Louhans Lons le Saunier Saint Laurent en GrandvauxN79 Montmarault Macon Bourg en BresseN80 Autun Le Creusot Chalon sur SaoneN81 Nevers Autun Pouilly en AuxoisN82 Roanne Saint Etienne ChanasN83 Lyon Bourg en Bresse Lons le Saunier Besancon Belfort Colmar StrasbourgN84 Lyon Nantua Bellegarde sur ValserineN85 Bourgoin Jallieu Grenoble Gap Digne les Bains Grasse CannesN86 Lyon NimesN87 GrenobleN88 Lyon Saint Etienne Le Puy en Velay Mende Rodez Albi ToulouseN89 Lyon Thiers Clermont Ferrand Tulle Perigueux Libourne BordeauxN90 Grenoble Albertville Bourg Saint Maurice Col du Petit Saint BernardN91 Grenoble BrianconN92 Romans sur Isere MoiransN93 Viviers PierrelatteN94 Gap MontgenevreN95 Tain l Hermitage A7 exit 13 N96 Aubagne Aix en Provence Manosque Chateau Arnoux Saint AubanN97 Toulon Le LucN98 Toulon Frejus Saint Raphael Cannes Nice MentonN99N100 Remoulins Avignon Apt ForcalquierRoutes nationales 101 to 125 Edit Number Runs through N101 Eastern bypass of Remoulins Link N86 N100N102 Vergongheon Brioude Le Puy en Velay and Pradelles Aubenas MontelimarN103 Conflans en Jarnisy BrieyN104 Lognes Evry Les Ulis Francilienne N105 Melun Montereau Fault YonneN106 Nimes Ales Florac Mende Saint Chely d ApcherN107 Vedene Le Pontet MontfavetN108 Marvejols BarjacN109 Clermont l Herault MontpellierN110 Montpellier AlesN111 Biriatou A63N112 Montpellier Beziers Castres AlbiN113 Bordeaux Agen Toulouse Carcassonne Narbonne Pezenas Montpellier Nimes Arles Salon de Provence MarseilleN114 Perpignan CerbereN115 Le Boulou Col d AresN116 Perpignan Bourg MadameN117 Toulouse Tarbes Pau BayonneN118 Sevres Les UlisN119N120 Uzerche Tulle Aurillac Espalion RodezN121 Saint Flour EspalionN122 Clermont Ferrand ou Massiac Aurillac Villefranche de Rouergue ToulouseN123 ChartresN124 Toulouse Auch Mont de Marsan Dax Saint Geours de MaremneN125 Montrejeau FosRoutes nationales 126 to 150 Edit Number Runs through N126 Toulouse CastresN127N128N129N130N131N132 CherbourgN133N134 Saugnacq et Muret Mont de Marsan Pau col du SomportN135 Bar le Duc Ligny en BarroisN136 RennesN137 Saint Malo Rennes Nantes La Rochelle Saintes BordeauxN138 Rouen Alencon Le Mans ToursN139N140 Cressensac Figeac RodezN141 Saintes Angouleme Limoges Aubusson Clermont FerrandN142 BourgesN143 Tours ChateaurouxN144 Bourges Montlucon RiomN145 Bellac Gueret MontluconN146 Avallon A6N147 Angers Poitiers LimogesN148 Sainte Hermine NiortN149 Nantes PoitiersN150 Niort RoyanRoutes nationales 151 to 175 Edit Number Runs through N151 Poitiers Chateauroux Bourges La Charite sur Loire AuxerreN152 Fontainebleau Orleans Tours AngersN153 Thionville ApachN154 Louviers Evreux Dreux Chartres ArtenayN155N156N157 Orleans Le Mans Laval RennesN158 Caen Falaise SeesN159N160 Angers Cholet La Roche sur Yon Les Sables d OlonneN161N162 Mayenne Laval AngersN163N164 Montauban de Bretagne ChateaulinN165 Nantes Vannes Lorient Quimper BrestN166 Ploermel VannesN167N168N169 Lorient RoscoffN170N171 La Baule Chateaubriant LavalN172N173N174 Carentan Saint Lo VireN175 Rennes Pontorson Avranches Caen RouenRoutes nationales 176 to 200 Edit Number Runs through N176 Pre en Pail Domfront Dinan Interchange N12 E50N177 Pont l Eveque Trouville sur MerN178N179N180N181N182N183N184 Saint Germain en Laye l Isle AdamN185N186N187N188 Massy A10 Les UlisN189N190N191 Mennecy Etampes AblisN192N193 Bastia Corte Haute Corse AjaccioN194N195N196 Ajaccio BonifacioN197 Ponte Leccia CalviN198 Casamozza BonifacioN199N200Routes nationales 201 and beyond Edit Number Runs through N201 Perly Certoux Saint Julien en Genevois Annecy Aix les Bains Chambery A 41SN202 Nice Puget Theniers BarremeN204 Tende Breil sur RoyaN205 Annemasse Chamonix Mont Blanc TunnelN206 Bellegarde sur Valserine Saint Julien en Genevois Annemasse DouvaineN209 Varennes sur Allier Vichy GannatN212 Sallanches Megeve Ugine AlbertvilleN215 Bordeaux pointe de GraveN220N248 Epannes A10 Exit n 33N249 Nantes Cholet BressuireN250 Bordeaux ArcachonN254 Allaines Mervilliers A10 Exit n 12N274 Rocade de Dijon Dijon bypass 18 5 km N304 Aubenas Loriol sur DromeN312 Agde A9 Exit n 34N313 Aimargues A9 Exit n 26N320 L Hospitalet pres l Andorre Col de Puymorens Porte PuymorensN330 Creil Senlis MeauxN346 Rocade Est de LyonN383 Boulevard peripherique de LyonN420 Molsheim Saint Die des VosgesN520 Contournement de Limoges Limoges bypass 16 km N544 Fos sur Mer La FossetteN545 Fos sur Mer Esso RefineryN546 Fos sur Mer D P F N568 Raphele les Arles Martigues MarseilleN569 Orgon Miramas Istres Fos sur MerN570 Avignon Tarascon ArlesN2013 CherbourgN572 Lunel Aimargues Vauvert Saint Gilles Arles Salon de ProvenceN618 Saint Jean de Luz Col d Aubisque Col d Aspin Bagneres de Luchon Saint Girons Argeles sur MerN814 Boulevard peripherique de CaenSee also EditRoutes Departementales the category below Routes Nationale in FranceReferences Edit Figures from the Ministere de l Ecologie Note Sommaire sur la Gestion des Routes Take the slow road Route Nationale 7 the French connection Washington Post 1 July 2010 Retrieved 3 October 2017 External links EditRoutes Nationales Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Route nationale amp oldid 1170206061, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
