A20 autoroute

The A20 autoroute or L'Occitane is a highway through central France. A part of France's national network of autoroutes, it is long.

Regions Crossed The road travels through the areas of Centre-Val de Loire, Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It starts at Vierzon in Cher and finishes in the south at Montauban in Tarn-et-Garonne. However further sections between Orléans and Vierzon (A71) and Montauban-Toulouse (A62) could be renamed the A20 in the not too distant future. L'Occitane is free from Vierzon to Brive-la-Gaillarde via Limoges.

The operating companies are ASF between Cressensac and Montauban, DIR Centre-Ouest in the department between Vierzon and Nespouls. The road crosses the following departments Cher, Indre, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Corrèze, Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne

History The motorway was proposed to reduce the travel time along the RN20 and to avoid congestion during holiday periods at Châteauroux, Argenton-sur-Creuse, Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, Limoges, Uzerche, Brive, Souillac, Cahors and Montauban.

From Vierzon to Martel The motorway is managed by the respective DIR Centre-Ouest in Cher, Indre, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, of Corrèze and Lot. It is a free motorway with 2x2 lanes, with certain sections with 2x3 lanes, for example the by-pass of Limoges.

History Pre 1992: The Brive and Limoges by-pass. 1992 to 2000: creation of the various sections of the motorway

Future In the long term, a new by-pass for Limoges is proposed (The A20bis project), in order to return the section of the A20 motorway which crosses the Limoges conurbation to its original planned use as a major urban road.

From Martel to Montauban The motorway is operated by ASF. It is a toll road (closed system) with 2x2 lanes.

History 1996 to 2003: Construction of the section.

Deviation of Montauban and Montauban section - A62 This section is managed also by ASF. It is in 2x2 lanes and free. The Montauban by-pass is the last missing link of A20. The link is currently signaled the RN20 which has yet to be upgraded to autoroute standard. To the south of Montauban, the RN20 was upgraded to motorway standard in the Nineties, and has been re-numbered the A62.

History 1992: Construction of the Montauban by-pass 2007: Upgrade to the motorway standard

Lists of exits and junctions {| class="plainrowheaders wikitable" |- !scope=col|Region !scope=col|Department !scope=col|Junctions !scope=col|Destinations !scope=col|Notes |- |rowspan="26"|Centre-Val de Loire |rowspan="9"|Cher |rowspan="2"| A71 - A20 |Vierzon - est, Bourges Clermont-Ferrand (A75)

|Tours (A85), Blois, Orléans, Paris (A10)

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|Orléans, Auxerre, Vierzon

|Blois, Tours, Vierzon - Village, Méry-sur-Cher

|Vierzon - Bourgneuf, Bourges, Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, Saint-Hilaire-de-Court, Méreau

|Massay, Reuilly |Entry and exit from Vierzon

|Massay, Reuilly

|Graçay, Saint-Outrille, Romorantin-Lanthenay

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|Vatan, Issoudun, Valençay |Double exit and entry

| Bourges, Blois, Montluçon, Châteauroux - centre, Déols, Issoudun, La Châtre, Zones Industrielles, Aéroport

|Tours, Châteauroux - Saint-Christophe, Saint-Maur - centre, Villedieu-sur-Indre, Buzançais

|Châtellerault, Mézières-en-Brenne, Saint-Maur - Bel Air |Entry and exit from Vierzon

|Châteauroux - centre, Châtellerault, Châteauroux, Saint-Maur - Cap Sud, Le Poinçonnet, Luant

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|Poitiers, Velles, Saint-Gaultier, Luant, Le Blanc

|Tendu

|Argenton-sur-Creuse - centre, Saint-Marcel, Le Pêchereau, Le Blanc, La Châtre, Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet

| Argenton-sur-Creuse - Z. I., Prissac

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|Celon, Vigoux, Ceaulmont

|Éguzon-Chantôme, Montmorillon, Parnac, Saint-Benoît-du-Sault

|Azerables, Mouhet, Saint-Benoît-du-Sault

|Arnac-la-Poste, Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles

|Guéret, Montluçon, Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine, La Souterraine, Saint-Sornin-Leulac, Magnac-Laval, Bellac

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|Z. I. Croix du Breuil, Bessines-sur-Gartempe - Gare, Châteauponsac, Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac |Entry and exit from Vierzon

|Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Bersac-sur-Rivalier, Laurière, Châteauponsac, Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac

|Razès, Lac de Saint-Pardoux, Saint-Sylvestre, Bersac-sur-Rivalier, Laurière

|Compreignac, Nantiat, Saint-Sylvestre, Ambazac

| Beaune-les-Mines, Chaptelat, Ambazac, Saint-Priest-Taurion, Bonnac-la-Côte

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|Angoulême, Poitiers, Rilhac-Rancon, Couzeix, Saint-Junien, Limoges-Bellegarde, Z. I. Limoges - Nord

|Beaubreuil

|Le Palais-sur-Vienne, Limoges, Ester Technopole, Z. I. Nord. - Lac Uzurat |Entry and exit from Vierzon

|Ester Technopole, Z. I. - Nord Lac Uzurat |Entry and exit from Montauban

|Limoges - nord |Entry and exit from Montauban

|Limoges, Le Palais-sur-Vienne, Saint-Priest-Taurion, Aixe-sur-Vienne, Rochechouart, C.H.R.U de Limoges

|Clermont-Ferrand, Panazol, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Limoges - Le Sablard, Lac de Vassivière |Entry and exit from Vierzon

|Clermont-Ferrand, Limoges - sud, Feytiat, Eymoutiers, Panazol, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Limoges - Saint Lazare, Z. I. Ponteix

|Limoges - sud, Nexon, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Z. I. Ponteix & Magret-Romanet

|Les Quatre Vents, Boisseuil, Le Vigen, Zones commerciales Boisseuil - Le Vigen

| Le Vigen, Solignac, Boisseuil, Pôle de Lanaud

|Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval, Saint-Paul, Saint-Priest-Ligoure

| Vicq-sur-Breuilh, Nexon, Château-Chervix, Pierre-Buffière, Saint-Priest-Ligoure

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| Vicq-sur-Breuilh, Magnac-Bourg, Château-Chervix

| Saint-Germain-les-Belles, Meuzac, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, La Porcherie, Lac de Vassivière

|rowspan="17"|Corrèze |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |

| Masseret, La Porcherie, Chamberet, Salon-la-Tour

|Salon-la-Tour, Lubersac, Arnac-Pompadour, Uzerche

|Tulle, Aurillac, Uzerche, Seilhac, Vigeois, Arnac-Pompadour

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|Perpezac-le-Noir, Sadroc

| A89 Eastbound - A20 |Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, Tulle, Saint-Germain-les-Vergnes

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|Donzenac, Sadroc

|Donzenac, Allassac

|Tulle, Brive-la-Gaillarde - est, Malemort-sur-Corrèze, Ussac

| A89 Westbound - A20 |Périgueux, Bordeaux, Sarlat-la-Canéda

|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; | becomes again

|Brive-la-Gaillarde - centre, Objat

|Périgueux, Brive-la-Gaillarde - centre, ouest, Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Montignac-Lascaux, Lac du Causse

|Noailles, Collonges-la-Rouge, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Saint-Céré

|Cahors, Rodez, Cressensac, Nespouls

|Sarlat-la-Canéda, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Souillac

|Aurillac, Sarlat-la-Canéda, Rodez, Figeac-Decazeville, Saint-Céré, Gourdon, Gramat

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|Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Cahors - centre, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

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|Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Cahors - centre, Villefranche-de-Rouergue

|rowspan="15"|Tarn-et-Garonne |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |

|Rodez, Decazeville, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Caussade, Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val

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|Cahors, Rodez, Montauban - centre, Moissac, Albias,

|Montauban - Les Blancous, Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, Nègrepelisse, Léojac, Lafrançaise

|Monclar-de-Quercy, Léojac, Montauban

|Albi, Gaillac, Lisle-sur-Tarn, Montauban

|Villebrumier, Montauban

|Auch, Agen, Montauban - Villebourbon, centre, sud, Lafrançaise, Castelsarrasin, Montech

|Castres, Villemur-sur-Tarn, Fronton, Bressols - centre, Z. A. Albasud

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| Z. A. Bressols, Montbartier

|Toulouse, Grisolles, Grenade, Verdun-sur-Garonne, Fronton, Villemur-sur-Tarn

|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | |- | A62 - A20 |Toulouse, Bordeaux, Agen

Village étape

The Autoroute is served by the following six Village étapes, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Donzenac, Éguzon-Chantôme, Pierre-Buffière, Uzerche and Vatan. External links

A20 Motorway on Saratlas

References

A20 autoroute

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