Route nationale
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Aroute nationale,or simplynationale,is a class oftrunk roadinFrance.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 atoll.They are open to all vehicles, except on certain sections havingmotorway(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 ofroutes nationalesand publicly owned motorways, but this figure has decreased with the transfer of the responsibility for many routes to thedépartementsso that by 2010 the total length of motorways and other national roads was around 21,100 km. By way of comparison,routes départementalesin the same year covered a total distance of 378,000 km.[1]
The layout of the main trunk road network reflects France'scentralizing tradition:the majority of them radiate fromParis.The most important trunk roads begin on the parvis ofNotre Dame de Parisat a point known aspoint zéro(kilometre zero). In order to cover the country effectively, there are many other roads that do not serve Paris directly.
History[edit]
The system dates back to 16 December 1811, whenNapoleondesignated a number ofroutes impériales(imperial highways). First-class routes were numbered from 1 to 14; all began atParis,radiating out in aclockwisemanner. Route 1 ran from Paris north toCalais,and is still the general path ofroute 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 theBourbon Restoration,in 1824, these routes were renamedroutes royales(royal highways) and modified. Route 3, Paris toHamburgviaSoissons,ReimsandLiège,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 renamedroutes nationales.[2]
In the 21st century, the French Government has downgraded many of the former routes nationales, such as theN7from Paris to theCôte d'Azur,transferring responsibility for them to thedépartements.[3]
List of routes nationales[edit]
Routes nationales 1 to 25[edit]
style= "width:99%"Routes nationales 26 to 50[edit]
style= "width:99%"Routes nationales 51 to 75[edit]
style= "width:99%"Number | Runs through: |
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N51 | Épernay-Reims-Charleville-Mézières-Givet |
N52 | Metz-Thionville-Longwy |
N53 | Thionville-Évrange |
N54 | |
N55 | |
N56 | Saint-Avold-Sarralbe |
N57 | Metz-Nancy-Épinal-Vesoul-Besançon-Pontarlier-Ballaigues |
N58 | Sedan-Bouillon |
N59 | Nancy-Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-Sélestat |
N60 | Orléans-Montargis-Sens-Troyes |
N61 | Phalsbourg-Saarbrücken |
N62 | Sarreguemines-Haguenau |
N63 | Strasbourg-Haguenau- A35 |
N64 | |
N65 | Auxerre- A6 |
N66 | Remiremont-Mulhouse-Basel(Switzerland) |
N67 | Saint-Dizier-Chaumont |
N68 | |
N69 | |
N70 | Paray-le-Monial-Montchanin |
N71 | Troyes-Dijon |
N72 | Access toA6atMâcon-Nord. |
N73 | Besançon-Dole-Chalon-sur-Saône |
N74 | Sarreguemines-Château-Salins-Nancy-Toul-Chaumont-Langres-Dijon-Beaune-Corpeau(Route des Grands Crusfrom Dijon to Santenay) |
N75 | Bourg-en-Bresse-Grenoble-Sisteron |
Routes nationales 76 to 100[edit]
style= "width:99%"Routes nationales 101 to 125[edit]
style= "width:99%"Routes nationales 126 to 150[edit]
style= "width:99%"Routes nationales 151 to 175[edit]
style= "width:99%"Routes nationales 176 to 200[edit]
style= "width:99%"Number | Runs through: |
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N176 | Pré-en-Pail-Domfront-Dinan- InterchangeN12/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 | |
N194 | |
N195 | |
N196 | |
N197 | |
N198 | |
N199 | |
N200 |
Routes nationales 201 and beyond[edit]
style= "width:99%"See also[edit]
- Routes Départementales,the category below Routes Nationale in France
References[edit]
- ^Figures from the Ministère de l’Écologie]
- ^"Note Sommaire sur la Gestion des Routes".
- ^"Take the slow road: Route Nationale 7, the French connection".Washington Post.1 July 2010.Retrieved3 October2017.