France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. It is also called ''l'Arverne''. It starts at
Orléans
Orléans (,"Orleans" (US) and Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...
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History
Orléans to Bourges
The autoroute is 2x2 lanes and is operated by the Société
Cofiroute
Vinci (; corporately styled VINCI) is a French concessions and construction company founded in 1899 as Société Générale d'Entreprises. Its head office is in Nanterre, in the western suburbs of Paris. Vinci is listed on Euronext's Paris sto ...
(Orléans-Bourges). The section between
Orléans
Orléans (,"Orleans" (US) and Salbris
Salbris () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.
Population
See also
* Sologne
* Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department
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was opened on 24 October 1986. In 1989 it was completed to
Bourges
Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...
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Bourges to Clermont-Ferrand
This section of the autoroute is operated by APRR. It is 2x2 lanes and a toll road. The road has the double numbering A71/A89 between
Combronde
Combronde (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of France, department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
See also
*Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
References
Communes of Puy-de-Dôme
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Montmarault
Montmarault (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Population
Tourism
The ''Petite Valette'' campground has been named the best camping of the Auvergne by the German ADAC.
See also
*Communes of the Allier departme ...
and Clermont - Est (71 km) is opened.
* 1988 : The section between Forêt-de-Tronçais and Montmarault (38 km) is opened.
* 1989 : The opening of the section between
Bourges
Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...
Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire (; ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior ...
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Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
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Le Mans
Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...
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Chartres
Chartres () is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 1 ...
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Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau ( , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the Kilometre zero#France, centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a Subprefectures in Franc ...
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Orléans
Orléans (,"Orleans" (US) and Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
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Tours
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...
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Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher Departments of France, department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.
With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the mos ...
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Orléans
Orléans (,"Orleans" (US) and La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin,
Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle () is a commune in the Loiret department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
It is located about from Orléans.
Populations
Personalities
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La Ferté-Saint-Aubin
La Ferté-Saint-Aubin () is a commune in the Loiret department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the Cosson river.
History
During the Middle Ages, the area was known as La Ferté ...
Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher (, ) is a Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region of France. It is named after two rivers which run through it, the Loir in its northern part and the Cher (river), Cher in its southern p ...
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Lamotte-Beuvron
Lamotte-Beuvron () is a town and commune of about 5000 inhabitants in the Loir-et-Cher department of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
The French Federal Equestrian Park, one of the largest in Europe, is based in Lamotte-Beuvron. Each July, the Fe ...
, La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Nouan-le-Fuzelier, Neung-sur-Beuvron, Vouzon
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Salbris
Salbris () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.
Population
See also
* Sologne
* Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department
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, Neung-sur-Beuvron,
Romorantin-Lanthenay
Romorantin-Lanthenay (), commonly known as Romorantin, is a commune and town in the Loir-et-Cher department, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
It is the capital city of the natural region of Sologne.
History
The current c ...
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
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Tours
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...
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Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher Departments of France, department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.
With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the mos ...
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Cher
Cher ( ; born Cheryl Sarkisian, May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Goddess of Pop", she is known for her Androgyny, androgynous contralto voice, Music an ...
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
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Limoges
Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...
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Châteauroux
Châteauroux ( ; ; ) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French.
Climate
Châteauroux te ...
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Vierzon
Vierzon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Cher (department), Cher departments of France, department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Geography
A medium-sized town by the banks of the river Cher (river), Cher with some light industry and a ...
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Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Mehun-sur-Yèvre (, literally ''Mehun on Yèvre'') is a commune in the Cher department in central France.
Population
Economy
The French porcelain manufacturer Pillivuyt is based locally.
See also
*Communes of the Cher department
The fo ...
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Bourges
Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...
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Issoudun
Issoudun () is a commune in the Indre department, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is also referred to as ''Issoundun'', which is the ancient name.
Geography Location
Issoudun is a sub-prefecture, located in the eas ...
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Saint-Florent-sur-Cher
Saint-Florent-sur-Cher (, literally ''Saint-Florent on Cher (river), Cher'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Cher (department), Cher Departments of France, department in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Cher depar ...
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Saint-Doulchard
Saint-Doulchard () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France along the banks of the Yèvre and the canal de Berry, immediately west of Bourges.
Population
Notable people
* Philippe-Ernest Legrand, F ...
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Nevers
Nevers ( , ; , later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is a city and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the pr ...
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...
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Allier
Allier ( , , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region that borders Cher (department), Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire (department), Loire to the east, Pu ...
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Montluçon
Montluçon (; ) is a commune in central France on the river Cher. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department's prefecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as ''Montluçonna ...
Guéret
Guéret (; Occitan: ''Garait'') is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
Guéret is a light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland a ...
Mâcon
Mâcon (), historically Anglicization, anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home t ...
Bourbon-l'Archambault
Bourbon-l'Archambault () is a spa town and a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France. It is the place of origin of the House of Bourbon.
Population
Personalities
In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bou ...
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Montmarault
Montmarault (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Population
Tourism
The ''Petite Valette'' campground has been named the best camping of the Auvergne by the German ADAC.
See also
*Communes of the Allier departme ...
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (, literally ''Saint-Pourçain on Sioule''; Auvergnat dialect, Auvergnat: ''Sant Porçanh de Siula'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Allier Departments of France, department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in centra ...
Ébreuil
Ébreuil (; Auvergnat: ''Esbreule'') is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Allier department
The following is a list of the 317 Communes of France, communes of the Allier Departm ...
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Vichy
Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789.
Known f ...
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Gannat
Gannat (; Auvergnat: ''Gatnat'') is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Gannat was a sub-prefecture until 1926, with a population of around 5,800 inhabitants. There is a castle (the Château de Gannat), two churches of whic ...
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Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (; or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285.Combronde
Combronde (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of France, department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
See also
*Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
References
Communes of Puy-de-Dôme
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Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
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Limoges
Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...
Riom
Riom (; Auvergnat ''Riam'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
History
Until the French Revolution, Riom was the capital of the province of Auvergne, and the ...
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Volvic
Volvic () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
The church at Volvic is dedicated to “St Priest” ( Projectus), who is reputed to have been killed here in 676 AD.
Population
International relations
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Châtel-Guyon
Châtel-Guyon (; ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
The name Châtel-Guyon comes from ''Castellum Guidonis'', “Guy’s Castle”, after Guy II of Auvergne, the founder of the city.
Prior ...
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport () is an airport serving the France, French city of Clermont-Ferrand. It is located east of the city, in Aulnat, both ''Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme département, communes'' of the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of Fr ...
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Aulnat
Aulnat () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of F ...
Opened in 1997, first section of this motorway bypasses Gannat by north (9 km). The highway was extended to the gates of Vichy, precisely on a roundabout at
Espinasse-Vozelle
Espinasse-Vozelle (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Allier department
The following is a list of the 317 Communes of France, communes of the Allier Departments of France ...
; this 14 km section, inaugurated 9 January, was opened on 12 January 2015.
* ''Exchange A71-A719''
* 13, km 1 Towns served:
Ébreuil
Ébreuil (; Auvergnat: ''Esbreule'') is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Allier department
The following is a list of the 317 Communes of France, communes of the Allier Departm ...
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Gannat
Gannat (; Auvergnat: ''Gatnat'') is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Gannat was a sub-prefecture until 1926, with a population of around 5,800 inhabitants. There is a castle (the Château de Gannat), two churches of whic ...
* 14, km 6 Towns served:
Gannat
Gannat (; Auvergnat: ''Gatnat'') is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Gannat was a sub-prefecture until 1926, with a population of around 5,800 inhabitants. There is a castle (the Château de Gannat), two churches of whic ...
and
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (, literally ''Saint-Pourçain on Sioule''; Auvergnat dialect, Auvergnat: ''Sant Porçanh de Siula'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Allier Departments of France, department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in centra ...
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Gannat
Gannat (; Auvergnat: ''Gatnat'') is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Gannat was a sub-prefecture until 1926, with a population of around 5,800 inhabitants. There is a castle (the Château de Gannat), two churches of whic ...
and
Vichy
Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789.
Known f ...
There are proposals to extend the autoroute beyond
Vichy
Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789.
Known f ...
Roanne
Roanne (; ; ) is a commune in the Loire department, central France.
It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (French), with many Egypt ...
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A710
Former autoroute opened in 1998 (7 km long). Junctions are:
* ''Exchange A71-A710'' Junction with the A710
* ''Exchange A89-A710'' Junction with the A89 (7 km)
A711
* ''Exchange A75-A711'' Junction with the A75
* 1.3 km 4 Towns served: Lempdes
* 1.4 km 5 Towns served: Pont-du-Château
* ''Exchange A89-A711'' Junction with the A89 (11 km)
A712
This motorway, 1 km long and with reduced features, connects the exit 1.4 of A711 at the roundabout of Champ-Lamet between Lempdes and Pont-du-Château, at the crossroads with three other departmental roads.
A711 Fr - SO Vers Clermont-Ferrand.JPG, alt=A711 autoroute towards Clermont-Ferrand, A711 towards Clermont-Ferrand (August 2009)
A712 Fr - E Vers Rond-point de Champ Lamet.JPG, alt=A712 autoroute, A712 autoroute
A714
Motorway connecting the A71 with the traffic ring of Montluçon.