Where can a Crit'Air 5 vehicle drive in France?

A Crit'Air 5 vehicle may enter 7 of the 15 French cities where we can confirm a rule today, and is barred from 8.

7 may enter · 8 barred

The table below is the rule in force on 2 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

City	Car	Van ≤3.5t	Over 3.5t	Bus	Moto
Angers	May enter	May enter	May enter	Not stated	May enter
Annecy	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter
Annemasse	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter
Bordeaux	May enter	May enter	May enter	Not stated	May enter
Clermont-Ferrand	Not stated	May enter	May enter	Not stated	Not stated
Grenoble	Not stated	Barred	Barred	Not stated	Not stated
Lyon	Barred	Barred	Barred	Not stated	Barred
Marseille-Aix en Provence	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred
Montpellier	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred	Not stated
Nancy	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter
Nantes	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter
Paris	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred
Reims	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred	Not stated
Rennes	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter	May enter
Rouen	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred
Saint-Etienne	Not stated	Barred	Barred	Not stated	Not stated
Strasbourg	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred
Toulouse	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred	Barred

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

Other Crit'Air levels

There is no separate page 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. We don't publish a page that would repeat another one.

Not sure which class you are?

Crit'Air is decided by fuel, vehicle category and date of first registration — and the categories disagree with each other.

Work out your Crit'Air classThe official bands by registration date, per fuel and category

Rules as published and in force on 2 August 2026. Every row links to the city page carrying that authority's source and licence.