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

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

Routes nationales 1 to 25

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | Runs through: |- |N420|| Molsheim - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

Routes nationales 500-599

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | Runs through: |- |N814|| Caen ring road

Routes nationales 1001 and beyond

|- ! style="width: 3em" | Number ! style="text-align:left" | 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

References

  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.