The Route nationale 30 is a highway in

Picardy Picardy (; Picard language, Picard and , , ) is a historical and cultural territory and a former regions of France, administrative region located in northern France. The first mentions of this province date back to the Middle Ages: it gained it ...

and

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (; ; West Flemish: ''Nôord-Nauw van Kales'') was a former regions of France, administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new Regions of France, region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the ...

, northern

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 connects the town of

Bapaume Bapaume (original Dutch name Batpalmen) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region of northern France. Geography Bapaume is a farming and light indus ...

to with

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...

. Before 1973, The RN 30 was connecting

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

La Capelle La Capelle is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Its inhabitants are called Capellois (plural Capelloises). Geography La Capelle had a station on the Busigny-Hirson railway line, which operated from 18 ...

. The road has been renamed N 31 between Rouen and

Gournay-en-Bray Gournay-en-Bray (, before 1962: ''Gournay'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in north-western France. Geography A ...

and N 29 between

Saint-Quentin Saint-Quentin may refer to: Places Canada *Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick * Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick * Saint-Quentin Island, in Trois-Rivières, in Québec France * Saint-Quentin, Aisne, in the Aisne department * Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ...

and

. It has been downgraded in D 930 between Gournay-en-Bray and Saint-Quentin.

Route

The road starts with a junction of the former N 17 (now the D 1017) in the town of

. It crosses junction 14 of the

A1 autoroute The A1 Autoroutes of France, Autoroute, also autoroutes autoroute du Nord (the Northern Motorway), is the busiest of France's autoroutes and is part of an environmental zones.(See below) With a length of , it connects Paris with the northern c ...

. The road passes a number of war cemeteries and has now been numbered the D 930. After

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai (, literally ''Beaumetz near Cambrai''; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located southeast of Arras and southwest of Cambrai on ...

the road becomes the N 30. The road crosses the

A26 autoroute The A26 is a long France, French motorway connecting Calais and Troyes. It is also known as the Autoroute des Anglais (''Motorway of the English'') as its length forms the first part of the main route from the Dover-Calais ferries and the Channel ...

and through the village of Fontaine-Notre-Dame before junction 14 of the

A2 autoroute The A2 Autoroute is a French autoroute that travels from the A1 near the commune of Combles in Picardy to the border with Belgium, where it continues on as the Belgian motorway A7. The entire length is concurrently designated as European r ...

. The road then enters the town of

Cambrai Cambrai (, ; ; ), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river. A sub-pref ...

. The road has junctions with the N 43,

N 44 N44 may refer to: * N44 (emission nebula), in the Large Magellanic Cloud * A44 motorway (Netherlands) * , a minelayer of the Royal Danish Navy * London Buses route N44 London is the capital and largest city of both England and the Unite ...

and N 39. The road leaves the town to the north west heading through the small town of

Iwuy Iwuy () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes c ...

before a junction with the A 2 onto which through traffic is now directed. A downgraded N 30 continues to the north of the autoroute through

Bouchain Bouchain (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies halfway between Cambrai and Valenciennes. Bouchain, seat of the early medieval County of Ostrevent, was taken by Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, in the 10th century a ...

and crossing to the south to go through

Douchy-les-Mines Douchy-les-Mines () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Geography Douchy-les-Mines located near the A2 motorway between Valenciennes and Cambrai. It lies adjacent to the south of Denain and is a part of the urban area o ...

and into the town of

. The N 30 continues to the north east passing through the town of

Onnaing Onnaing () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Onnaing is home to Toyota Motor Manufacturing France, where the Toyota Yaris and Yaris Cross are assembled. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department ...

before reaching the frontier with

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. The road continues across the border into the town of Quievrain as the N51.

References

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