French mileage chart - in miles

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Routes to southwest

Routes via Rouen

A10 Paris-Bordeaux

To southeast:

A26 - routes via Reims

Distances between main points in France

Use this table to check distances in miles between the main entry points into France (Paris, Calais, Cherbourg, Roscoff etc.), in the north and east of the country, and the main cities and centres in the south and west of France.

• Vertical columns: distances from the nine principal entry points into France (cities on or near the border)
• Horizontal lines: the main regional centres and significant points in the south and west of France.

NB: distances are in miles, not in kilometres. They are calculated using the best route possible under normal driving conditions. See below for journey times. Roscoff is a small port in Brittany, near Morlaix, and is served by ferries from the UK.
Figures in red indicate the channel port from which the journey distance is shortest for a given destination; but depending on the destination, the difference may not be very great. For instance, for driving to Perpignan (and on to the Costa Brava or Costa Blanca) the difference is minimal.

   Ferries : About-France.com strongly recommends booking ferries directly from ferry companies. Prices are usually the same as from so-called "cheap" ferry ticket outfits; and changing or exchanging a ferry booking is liable to be much easier and cheaper if you have booked directly with the ferry operator. No-one plans to have to change their booking, but many end up doing so......

	Paris	Calais*	Cher​bourg	Roscoff	Lille	Luxem ​bourg	Stras​​bourg	Mulhouse	Geneva
Paris		181	220	348	138	228	304	228	365
Biarritz	487	667	534	527	621	712	728	655	563
Bordeaux	368	542	410	403	504	588	604	532	443
Brest	368	446	263	40	473	590	666	677	676
Clermont-Fd	263	442	446	500	398	391	376	318	201
Dijon	194	356	415	515	312	203	207	139	163
Lyon	289	474	509	608	430	322	303	239	93
Marseille	482	671	707	750	624	515	504	434	286 2
Nantes	237	371	210	195	372	459	538	537	485
Nice	584	774	810	890	730	496	483	426 1	332 3
Perpignan	528	687	685	694	666	600	588	519	371
Toulouse	420	600	555	564	556	498	604	536	425

* From Calais. Check out the About-France.com guide to routes from Calais
Don't underestimate distances: Calais to Perpignan is about the same distance as London to John o'Groats. Calais to Nice is a hundred miles more.....

French motorway tolls:
Most French motorways are toll routes - and it is worth taking them unless you have all the time in the world to wander along other routes and avoid the tolls. The price per kilometre varies from toll motorway to toll motorway, but generally speaking it is between 7 centimes per kilometre and 11 cts./km for cars.
   For all but the smallest RVs (motorhomes or campervans), and for caravans, tolls are 50% more expensive, so there is perhaps more justification for avoiding the toll routes. But even then, not always.

• Check out here for toll costs on principal holiday routes through France.
• Check out these pages for no-tolls routes to southwest France and no-tolls routes to Provence.
  and
• About-Spain.net - map of toll and free motorways in Spain

     ► Journey times: taking into account stops, hold-ups and traffic conditions, an average speed of 60 m.p.h is feasible on a normal day on the French motorway system. Most of the long journeys across France will be fully, or  very largely, on motorways or roads of motorway standard. On Saturdays in the summer, average speed may be only 50 mph or 55 mph depending on the route and the trafic density.
     So to calculate the time needed, divide the mileage by 60 or 50, depending on when you plan to travel. Thus, the 600-mile journey from Calais to Toulouse should take about 10 hours under normal driving conditons, but could be up to 12 hours on a Saturday in summer.

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Other useful sites:

• For information on travel in Spain, visit the About-Spain.net Driving in Spain page