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Where can each Crit'Air level drive in France?

Every French low-emission zone we hold sets a floor — the worst Crit'Air class it still lets in. Meet the floor and you may enter; miss it and you may not. The floor is set per vehicle class, and the classes do not agree with each other.

14 cities with a floor we can confirm

The table below is the rule in force on 6 August 2026, per vehicle class, taken from each authority's own published zone. A city is listed as “not stated” where its source records no rule for that class — that is not the same as permission.

Every French city we hold, by vehicle class

CityCarVan ≤3.5tOver 3.5tBusMoto
AngersNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNot statedNo Crit'Air rule
AnnecyNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air rule
AnnemasseNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air rule
BordeauxNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNot statedNo Crit'Air rule
Clermont-FerrandNot statedNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNot statedNot stated
GrenobleNot statedCrit'Air 3 or cleanerCrit'Air 3 or cleanerNot statedNot stated
LyonCrit'Air 3 or cleanerCrit'Air 3 or cleanerCrit'Air 3 or cleanerNot statedCrit'Air 3 or cleaner
Marseille-Aix en ProvenceCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleaner
MontpellierCrit'Air 3 or cleanerCrit'Air 3 or cleanerCrit'Air 3 or cleanerCrit'Air 2 or cleanerNot stated
NancyCrit'Air 5 or cleanerCrit'Air 5 or cleanerCrit'Air 5 or cleanerCrit'Air 5 or cleanerCrit'Air 5 or cleaner
NantesNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air rule
ParisCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleaner
ReimsCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerNot stated
RennesNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air ruleNo Crit'Air rule
RouenCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleaner
Saint-EtienneNot statedCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerNot statedNot stated
StrasbourgCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleaner
ToulouseNot statedCrit'Air 4 or cleanerCrit'Air 4 or cleanerNot statedNot stated

Your level, city by city

The same data read the other way round. Each block below answers the question one Crit'Air class asks.

Crit'Air 2

Vehicle classMay enterBarred
Car140
Van ≤3.5t180
Over 3.5t180
Bus110
Moto120

A Crit'Air 2 vehicle may enter every French city where we can confirm a rule today, in every vehicle class.

5 cities are left out of those counts on purpose: Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse publish a low-emission zone with no phase in force on 6 August 2026, so we cannot tell you whether a Crit'Air 2 vehicle may enter. We would rather leave the row out than guess.

Crit'Air 3

Vehicle classMay enterBarred
Car140
Van ≤3.5t180
Over 3.5t180
Bus101
Moto120

A Crit'Air 3 vehicle is barred from: bus — Montpellier.

5 cities are left out of those counts on purpose: Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse publish a low-emission zone with no phase in force on 6 August 2026, so we cannot tell you whether a Crit'Air 3 vehicle may enter. We would rather leave the row out than guess.

Crit'Air 4

Vehicle classMay enterBarred
Car122
Van ≤3.5t153
Over 3.5t153
Bus101
Moto111

A Crit'Air 4 vehicle is barred from: car — Lyon, Montpellier; van ≤3.5t — Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier; over 3.5t — Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier; bus — Montpellier; moto — Lyon.

5 cities are left out of those counts on purpose: Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse publish a low-emission zone with no phase in force on 6 August 2026, so we cannot tell you whether a Crit'Air 4 vehicle may enter. We would rather leave the row out than guess.

Crit'Air 5

Vehicle classMay enterBarred
Car77
Van ≤3.5t810
Over 3.5t810
Bus56
Moto75

A Crit'Air 5 vehicle is barred from: car — Lyon, Marseille-Aix en Provence, Montpellier, Paris, Reims, Rouen, Strasbourg; van ≤3.5t — Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille-Aix en Provence, Montpellier, Paris, Reims, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg, Toulouse; over 3.5t — Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille-Aix en Provence, Montpellier, Paris, Reims, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg, Toulouse; bus — Marseille-Aix en Provence, Montpellier, Paris, Reims, Rouen, Strasbourg; moto — Lyon, Marseille-Aix en Provence, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg.

5 cities are left out of those counts on purpose: Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse publish a low-emission zone with no phase in force on 6 August 2026, so we cannot tell you whether a Crit'Air 5 vehicle may enter. We would rather leave the row out than guess.

There is no block for Crit'Air E or 1: no city in our data sets a floor above Crit'Air 2, so those vehicles may enter everywhere a Crit'Air 2 may.

Not sure which class you are?

Rules as published and in force on 6 August 2026. Every row links to the city page carrying that authority's source and licence.