License plate (France) (1950–2009)
For the current license plate system in France, see license plate (France)
The system for license plates in France , which was valid until October 2009 , had existed since April 1, 1950. The old type of license plates remain valid unless the owner changes. Even today, there are still numerous vehicles with license plates based on the old model in traffic. It consisted of a "normal series" of numbering for most private and company vehicles as well as numerous special series, e.g. B. for authorities.
Normal series
With a few exceptions (overseas departments and temporary license plates), the entire license plate was no longer than eight characters and consisted of a composite
- a maximum of four digits (one digit only up to 1955; exception: Corsica 1976, since then at least two, starting with the "11"),
- a maximum of three letters and
- the number of the department
The departments of mainland France were identified by a two-digit number (01–19, 21–95). Department 20 ( Corsica ) was divided into two at the beginning of 1976. Since then, the island's license plates have been "2A" ( Corse-du-Sud , capital: A jaccio ) and "2B" ( Haute-Corse , capital: B astia ). Until August 1951, the departments 01 to 09 only issued license plates with the code 1 to 9, since then only two digits have been used. The overseas departments are given with three digits (971 to 974), whereby 9 and 7 can be placed one above the other for reasons of space.
Examples:
- 2928 TW 74; 324 EBS 91; 56 ABM 13
- 11 GY 2A
- 654 ANY 971
Restrictions:
- The letter O was not used at all, the letter U was no longer used later (risk of confusion with 0 and V)
- The letter I only appeared on special license plates (e.g. the IT = importation temporaire series , which was issued to diplomats based in Switzerland until 2003 and is gradually being phased out)
- The number of the respective department was never used as a sequence of digits in front of the group of letters (e.g. not “75 ABC 75”).
In France, there was (and is) no custom license plate , but a chronological allocation by the prefectures and sub-prefectures. As a result, the series usually started with 1 A in each department. It should end with 999 ZZZ at some point. The most advanced was Paris with the last assigned license plate 523 RQD 75. The furthest "back" was Lozère with the last license plate 2718 GT 48. The license plate was assigned to the vehicle and did not change when the owner changed, provided the new owner was resident in same department had. Numbers already assigned were (and will be) never reassigned after vehicles have been deregistered; the license plates are therefore usually not removed when the vehicle is logged off and scrapped.
A corresponding list can be used to determine the age of a vehicle based on the registration number, provided that it has not changed department since it was first registered (see tables below).
The color of the license plates was initially black with white or silver writing. From 1963 white license plates with black text were issued in front and yellow in the back. Since January 1, 1993, this color scheme (front white, rear yellow, black writing) has been mandatory for newly issued numbers. Since May 2007, white signs were also permitted on the stern. Vehicles that were assigned the old black license plates when they were first registered may continue to have such license plates, and these license plates may also be replaced by new, identically designed license plates. The Europe field with the nationality code F was introduced as an option in 1993 and has been mandatory since July 1, 2004. In practice, however, the "old" license plates without a Europe field were still available for new registrations. Until 1996 it was officially permitted to paint the number directly on the body instead of attaching license plates.
The license plates with special fonts that were previously tolerated and still seen from time to time are illegal today and driving with illegal license plates costs 150 euros. However, there was no regulation on the exact design of the identification font, so that one could choose between several approved fonts.
In contrast to Germany, the license plate said (and says) nothing about the last technical inspection ( Contrôle Technique ) carried out or the insurance of the vehicle. This data can be read on vignettes attached to the windscreen. Until 2000, the payment of the annual vehicle tax also had to be proven with a vignette on the windshield. Since 2001, however, no tax has been levied in France for keeping private vehicles; only when registering (verified by the Carte Grise ) is a fee due depending on the performance of the vehicle and other factors ( CV , cheval fiscal ). This fee is only charged if the owner changes. A similar fee, calculated on 1 CV, is charged when switching to vintage vehicle registration (Carte Grise Collection).
As part of the large-scale traffic safety offensive ("Sécurité Routière"), stricter rules were also introduced with regard to insurance and license plates. In order to prevent crime in connection with forged or invalid license plates and uninsured vehicles, the license plates have been riveted to the vehicle for some time.
A special feature were reduced front license plates, which were specially approved for a series of the Peugeot 206 . These license plates are about one centimeter narrower and about five centimeters shorter than the license plates in the standardized euro size of 520 × 110 mm.
Special series
Temporary license plates
The letter W was and is used in France for temporary license plates . A W instead of the serial letters were assigned number plates for workshops and dealerships (plaques de garage) . Temporary license plates showed the letters WW . French car manufacturers also used these plates to test pre-production cars. In contrast to the license plates of the normal series, up to nine characters could appear on these plates, e.g. B. 5267 WWP 29. Numbers with three letters in the WxL format were export labels for a destination country within the EU, the WxE format indicated a destination country outside the EU.
License plate for duty-free vehicles
Duty-free vehicles, for which no VAT is payable when buying, received red license plates with white or silver-colored letters. Vehicles bought in France from tourists or residents of French duty-free areas were assigned the letter combination Txx, where xx was a consecutive sequence of letters (e.g. 482 TMA 78). On the right margin, the validity of the approval was indicated by superimposed month and year numbers.
A different design existed for vehicles that were purchased outside the EU by residents of duty-free areas in France. The signs had five digits, the combination of letters TTx and no department number. The x stood for a letter that indicated the corresponding duty-free area: Q for Upper Savoy , W for Pays de Gex . Example: 10347 TTQ.
Authorities
The Police National and other non-military authorities had license plates on their vehicles that began with the two or three digits of the department. This was followed by a letter that defined the area of validity of the label: "D" for the département plus adjoining départements, "R" for the region plus adjoining regions, "N" (= national) for the entire national territory or "E" (= étranger ) for trips abroad. Furthermore, four digits and another letter appeared after a hyphen, which were assigned in ascending order.
Military plates
The license plates of the gendarmerie and other military vehicles initially have a sovereign emblem with a symbol of the armed forces on the left edge of the white or yellow and black license plates. The number consists of eight digits, the first of which indicates the armed forces:
The two following digits indicate the year of registration, the following the vehicle type. The last four digits were assigned consecutively. Example: 2001 5346 for a car registered for the gendarmerie (“2”) in 2000 (“00”) (“1”).
The private vehicles of French military personnel in Germany have blue license plates with silver lettering. They consist of six digits, the first two of which are separated from the last four by a hyphen.
Black signs with white letters are issued for private vehicles of German military personnel in France. They show the letters "DF" followed by four digits, the first of which indicates the stationing location.
Other characteristics
Although the Paris Fire Brigade is formally a military unit, it does not use military license plates. The signs still consist of a sequence of letters to identify the type of vehicle (e.g. "PS" for "Premier secours"), followed by a consecutive number.
Until 2003, the Parisian buses had license plates that showed a number consisting of four digits. Vehicles registered later received license plates from the normal series.
Agricultural vehicles had one to five digits on their license plates indicating the farm number, followed by the department number. Several vehicles from the same company may have the same registration number.
List of the departments with their special features
The departments were already sorted alphabetically and numbered by Napoleon (sometimes with different number assignments than today).
In the 1960s, a major administrative reform was carried out in the greater Paris area. The former departments in the Paris area were redistributed, so that the eight departments that exist today were created in 1968. Five of them were given the numbers 91 to 95, which originally belonged to the départements into which Algeria, which belonged to France until 1962, was divided. The numbers 75 and 78, assigned to the Seine and Seine-et-Oise departments before the territorial reform , were assigned to the city of Paris (75) and the newly created Yvelines (78) department. The division of Corsica into two departments (2A and 2B instead of 20) was recognizable from 1976 on the license plates.
Note: The list indicates the issue of the characteristics of new or previous departments, not the year of the administrative change!
| No. | Department | Change to license plate with four digits |
Change to three-letter license plates |
Omission of the "U" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ain | from QA (November 1972) | from SU | |
| 02 | Aisne | from QA (February 1970) | from SU | |
| 03 | Allier | from QA (January 1974) | from RU | |
| 04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, until 1970 Alpes, Basses | from LK (December 1986) | from LU | |
| 05 | Alpes, Hautes- | from JX (July 1988) | from HU | |
| 06 | Alpes-Maritimes | from RA (May 1966) | June 1998 | from VU |
| 07 | Ardèche | from LG (1974) | from MU | |
| 08 | Ardennes | from QA (1979) | from RU | |
| 09 | Ariège | from FA (1975) | from FU | |
| 10 | Aube | from LG (1974) | from MU | |
| 11 | Aude | from MA (1974) | from NU | |
| 12 | Aveyron | from LA (May 1973) | from MU | |
| 13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | from AA (December 1950) | March 2004 | from LU |
| 14th | Calvados | from QA (1969) | from SU | |
| 15th | Cantal | from GA (1975) | from GU | |
| 16 | Charente | from QA (1974) | from RU | |
| 17th | Charente-Maritime | from QA (November 1969) | from SU | |
| 18th | Cher | from QA (1977) | from RU | |
| 19th | Corrèze | from QA (1980) | from QU | |
| 20th | Corse until 1975 | |||
| 2A (20 A) | Corse-du-Sud from 1976 | from FC (1986) | from EU | |
| 2B (20 B) | Corse, Haute- from 1976 | from FN (1986) | from 2500 FU | |
| 21st | Côte-d'Or | from QA (January 1971) | from SU | |
| 22nd | Côtes-d'Armor, until 1990 Côtes-du-Nord | from QA (1972) | from SU | |
| 23 | Creuse | from ML (1988) | from LU | |
| 24 | Dordogne | from QA (1973) | from RU | |
| 25th | Doubs | from QA (April 1970) | from TU | |
| 26th | Drôme | from QA (November 1972) | from RU | |
| 27 | Your | from QA (February 1971) | from SU | |
| 28 | Eure-et-Loir | from PY (September 1974) | from SU | |
| 29 | Finistère | from QA (April 1968) | November 2004 | from TU |
| 30th | Gard | from QA (October 1970) | May / June 2008 | from SU |
| 31 | Garonne, Haute- | from QF (May 1965) | October 1998 | from UU |
| 32 | Gers | from JZ (1974) | from KU | |
| 33 | Gironde | from Q (November 1950) | from JU | |
| 34 | Herault | from QA (February 1969) | October 2002 | from TU |
| 35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | from QA (May 1968) | September 2002 | from TU |
| 36 | Indre | from QA (1980) | from QU | |
| 37 | Indre-et-Loire | from QA (1971) | from SU | |
| 38 | Isère | from SA (October 1965) | March 1993 | from 772 YU |
| 39 | law | from QA (1969) | from QU | |
| 40 | Country | from MA (1974) | from NU | |
| 41 | Loir-et-Cher | from NG (1975) | from PU | |
| 42 | Loire | from QA (March 1968) | November 2006 | from TU |
| 43 | Loire, Upper | from HA (1975) | from HU | |
| 44 | Loire-Atlantique, until 1957 Loire-Inférieure | from QA (July 1966) | July 1998 | from UP |
| 45 | Loiret | from QA (1970) | from UA | |
| 46 | Lot | from HB (1975) | from HU | |
| 47 | Lot-et-Garonne | from QA (1975) | from RU | |
| 48 | Lozère | from GA (June 1989) | from GU | |
| 49 | Maine-et-Loire | from QA (September 1969) | January / February 2008 | from SU |
| 50 | Some | from QA (May 1972) | from RU | |
| 51 | Marne | from QA (November 1969) | March 2001 | from SU |
| 52 | Marne, Haute- | from LG (1978) | from LU | |
| 53 | Mayenne | from QA (1980) | from QU | |
| 54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | from QA (January 1967) | December 2005 | from TU |
| 55 | Meuse | from QA (1984) | from QU | |
| 56 | Morbihan | from QA (1972) | from SU | |
| 57 | Moselle | from QT (April 1966) | September 1997 | from YU |
| 58 | Nièvre | from QA (1981) | from QU | |
| 59 | North | from AE (December 1950) | March 2000 | from PU |
| 60 | Oise | from QA (March 1969) | July 2003 | from TU |
| 61 | Orne | from QA (1975) | from RU | |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | from EA (1954) | from MU | |
| 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | from QA (1969) | from SU | |
| 64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques, until 1969 Pyrénées, Basses- | from QA (1970) | from SU | |
| 65 | Pyrénées, Upper | from QA (1982) | from QU | |
| 66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | from QA (1980) | from QU | |
| 67 | Rhin, Bas- | from QA (September 1967) | January 2002 | from TU |
| 68 | Rhin, cutaneous | from QA (1971) | from SU | |
| 69 | Rhône | from U (December 1950) | December 2004 | from NU |
| 70 | Saône, Upper | from JU (1974) | from LU | |
| 71 | Saône-et-Loire | from QA (1969) | from SU | |
| 72 | Sarthe | from QA (December 1971) | from SU | |
| 73 | Savoie | from QA (1977) | from RU | |
| 74 | Savoie, Haute- | from QA (July 1973) | from SU | |
| 75 | Paris, until 1964 the Seine | from A (April 1950) | March 1974 | from YU |
| 76 | Seine-Maritime, until 1955 Seine-Inférieure | from EF (September 1954) | March / April 2008 | from MU |
| 77 | Seine-et-Marne | from QP (July 1966) | January 1991 | from TO |
| 78 | Yvelines, until 1964 Seine-et-Oise | from AF (July 1950) | July 1995 | from TU (with exceptions) |
| 79 | Sèvres, Deux- | from QA (1975) | from RU | |
| 80 | Somme | from QA (1971) | from SU (with exceptions) | |
| 81 | Camouflage | from PA (1974) | from QU | |
| 82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | from GS (1972) | from HU | |
| 83 | Var | from QA (December 1968) | August 2000 | from TU |
| 84 | Vaucluse | from QA (June 1971) | from SU | |
| 85 | Vendée | from QA (1974) | from 1001 RU | |
| 86 | Vienne | from QA (1974) | from RU | |
| 87 | Vienne, Haute- | from QA (1976) | from RU | |
| 88 | Vosges | from QA (1975) | from RU | |
| 89 | Yonne | from PA (1975) | from QU | |
| 90 | Territoire de Belfort | from EX (1974) | from FU | |
| 91 | Essonne from May 1965 | from QA (December 1970) | January 1989 | from WU |
| 92 | Hauts-de-Seine from February 1967 | from A (February 1967) | December 1994 | from CU |
| 93 | Seine-Saint-Denis from February 1967 | from A (February 1967) | November 2006 | from CU |
| 94 | Val-de-Marne from October 1965 | from A (November 1965) | from CU | |
| 95 | Val-d'Oise from May 1965 | from QA (May 1971) | July 1989 | from SU |
| 971 | Guadeloupe | |||
| 972 | Martinique | |||
| 973 | French Guiana | |||
| 974 | Reunion | |||
| 976 | Mayotte |
Départements with the highest registration numbers
The following tables show the 30 departments with the highest approval numbers. The lists record the status on December 31st at the end of a five-year period. At the end there is information about the last assigned license plate on October 13, 2009.
1955 to 1970
| space | Dép. No. 1955 | highest registration number 1955 | Dép. No. 1960 | highest registration number 1960 | Dép. No. 1965 | highest registration number 1965 | Dép. No. 1970 | highest registration number 1970 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 75 | 1000 ES 75 | 75 | 6035 KR 75 | 75 | 3936 SF 75 | 75 | 3635 WY 75 |
| 2. | 76 | 107 tbsp 76 | 38 | 87 KE 38 | 38 | 442 SB 38 | 38 | 7565 SX 38 |
| 3. | 38 | 433 EJ 38 | 31 | 516 JM 31 | 31 | 9988 QG 31 | 06 | 4075 RS 06 |
| 4th | 62 | 7868 EF 62 | 57 | 992 JL 57 | 57 | 765 QG 57 | 57 | 2529 RL 57 |
| 5. | 31 | 768 EB 31 | 06 | 888 HR 06 | 06 | 695 QG 06 | 77 | 5535 RJ 77 |
| 6th | 57 | 696 DZ 57 | 77 | 54 HR 77 | 77 | 986 PT 77 | 31 | 6228 RD 31 |
| 7th | 54 | 421 DU 54 | 54 | 825 HQ 54 | 44 | 491 PF 44 | 44 | 139 QV 44 |
| 8th. | 06 | 650 DQ 06 | 44 | 47 HY 44 | 54 | 308 NV 54 | 54 | 2400 QP 54 |
| 9. | 77 | 249 DQ 77 | 42 | 484 GW 42 | 67 | 6 MX 67 | 67 | 2850 sqm 67 |
| 10. | 44 | 860 DM 44 | 67 | 497 GS 67 | 42 | 442 MP 42 | 29 | 3915 QK 29 |
| 11. | 42 | 346 DK 42 | 63 | 379 GD 63 | 29 | 760 LZ 29 | 42 | 9877 QJ 42 |
| 12. | 67 | 140 DE 67 | 02 | 241 GB 02 | 35 | 303 LY 35 | 35 | 8885 QJ 35 |
| 13. | 63 | 347 DA 63 | 71 | 592 GA 71 | 83 | 414 LQ 83 | 83 | 5770 QG 83 |
| 14th | 17th | 681 CZ 17 | 14th | 404 GA 14 | 34 | 420 LN 34 | 34 | 8920 QF 34 |
| 15th | 14th | 341 CZ 14 | 60 | 20 GA 60 | 60 | 125 LK 60 | 60 | 6094 QF 60 |
| 16. | 02 | 196 CZ 02 | 17th | 81 FZ 17 | 14th | 921 LG 14 | 14th | 4770 QE 14 |
| 17th | 51 | 952 CY 51 | 51 | 65 FW 51 | 71 | 363 LG 71 | 71 | 2497 QE 71 |
| 18th | 71 | 918 CX 71 | 34 | 550 FU 34 | 63 | 291 LD 63 | 49 | 2000 QE 49 |
| 19th | 60 | 90 CW 60 | 29 | 541 FU 29 | 17th | 261 LA 17 | 63 | 6382 QD 63 |
| 20th | 80 | 847 CU 80 | 35 | 513 FR 35 | 02 | 146 concentration camp 02 | 51 | 2633 QD 51 |
| 21st | 34 | 309 CS 34 | 49 | 797 FP 49 | 49 | 252 KY 49 | 17th | 2397 QD 17 |
| 22nd | 49 | 520 CN 49 | 80 | 35 FP 80 | 51 | 901 week 51 | 02 | 4497 QC 02 |
| 23. | 30th | 700 CL 30 | 83 | 468 FL 83 | 30th | 102 KH 30 | 25th | 2603 QC 25 |
| 24. | 29 | 606 CL 29 | 30th | 832 FH 30 | 25th | 391 KG 25 | 45 | 884 QB 45 |
| 25th | 35 | 489 CL 35 | 27 | 902 FD 27 | 80 | 717 KC 80 | 30th | 8851 QA 30 |
| 26th | 83 | 363 CL 83 | 45 | 100 FD 45 | 45 | 701 KB 45 | 64 | 7933 QA 64 |
| 27. | 21st | 810 CK 21 | 25th | 808 FC 25 | 27 | 321 KA 27 | 91 | 5547 QA 91 |
| 28. | 68 | 398 CK 68 | 76 | 6195 EZ 76 | 64 | 826 JY 64 | 27 | 966 PX 27 |
| 29 | 45 | 695 CJ 45 | 84 | 475 EZ 84 | 84 | 499 JX 84 | 68 | 699 PK 68 |
| 30th | 27 | 757 CH 27 | 68 | 317 EZ 68 | 68 | 60 JN 68 | 95 | 399 NZ 95 |
1975 to 1990
| space | Dép. No. 1975 | highest registration number 1975 | Dép. No. 1980 | highest registration 1980 | Dép. No. 1985 | highest registration number 1985 | Dép. No. 1990 | highest registration number 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 75 | 815 ATK 75 | 75 | 781 DEW 75 | 75 | 467 FSL 75 | 75 | 416 JEL 75 |
| 2. | 38 | 8207 UA 38 | 38 | 8688 VM 38 | 91 | 795 YL 91 | 91 | 850 AMN 91 |
| 3. | 06 | 2239 SS 06 | 91 | 4212 VC 91 | 95 | 540 YF 95 | 95 | 220 ALY 95 |
| 4th | 77 | 9778 SQ 77 | 77 | 2958 UK 77 | 77 | 7636 XL 77 | 77 | 2779 ZZ 77 |
| 5. | 57 | 3110 SP 57 | 06 | 9835 UB 06 | 38 | 3842 XE 38 | 38 | 3524 ZD 38 |
| 6th | 31 | 794 SE 31 | 57 | 5110 TZ 57 | 06 | 9914 VN 06 | 57 | 7000 XT 57 |
| 7th | 44 | 9732 RX 44 | 95 | 1043 TW 95 | 57 | 2872 VG 57 | 06 | 7450 XK 06 |
| 8th. | 91 | 8039 RU 91 | 31 | 8998 TM 31 | 31 | 8349 VF 31 | 44 | 1344 XC 44 |
| 9. | 54 | 4000 RL 54 | 44 | 486 TH 44 | 44 | 7596 VF 44 | 31 | 3333 XB 31 |
| 10. | 67 | 8497 RK 67 | 67 | 3093 SQ 67 | 67 | 6208 TX 67 | 78 | 8170 WR 78 |
| 11. | 95 | 2599 RK 95 | 54 | 8125 SM 54 | 54 | 5083 TQ 54 | 83 | 2682 WJ 83 |
| 12. | 29 | 4238 RH 29 | 29 | 7910 SK 29 | 83 | 2815 TQ 83 | 67 | 1340 WJ 67 |
| 13. | 35 | 318 RG 35 | 35 | 4164 SH 35 | 29 | 9021 TP 29 | 35 | 8196 VZ 35 |
| 14th | 42 | 3847 RF 42 | 83 | 9015 SG 83 | 35 | 7503 TM 35 | 29 | 482 VZ 29 |
| 15th | 83 | 6700 RD 83 | 42 | 3640 SF 42 | 60 | 2560 TJ 60 | 54 | 3500 VX 54 |
| 16. | 60 | 7503 RC 60 | 60 | 7060 SD 60 | 42 | 5398 TH 42 | 60 | 3607 VW 60 |
| 17th | 34 | 4245 RA 34 | 34 | 3573 SB 34 | 34 | 7015 TG 34 | 34 | 3000 VV 34 |
| 18th | 49 | 1473 QZ 49 | 25th | 6716 RX 25 | 25th | 337 SZ 25 | 42 | 500 VQ 42 |
| 19th | 14th | 5114 QY 14 | 49 | 4127 RX 49 | 49 | 3845 SY 49 | 92 | 2885 VL 92 |
| 20th | 25th | 2029 QY 29 | 14th | 7668 RV 14 | 14th | 3759 SV 14 | 25th | 9434 VF 25 |
| 21st | 71 | 9226 QX 71 | 71 | 9900 RU 71 | 71 | 8225 SR 71 | 49 | 1500 VD 49 |
| 22nd | 51 | 5522 QW 51 | 63 | 3942 RT 63 | 63 | 6488 SQ 63 | 14th | 6545 TY 14 |
| 23. | 63 | 4035 QW 63 | 51 | 2128 RT 51 | 68 | 4526 SQ 68 | 68 | 3500 TY 68 |
| 24. | 17th | 3147 QW 17 | 45 | 801 RS 45 | 45 | 3033 SQ 45 | 71 | 500 TW 71 |
| 25th | 45 | 5993 QU 45 | 17th | 6249 RR 17 | 51 | 1441 SQ 51 | 45 | 4000 TS 45 |
| 26th | 02 | 3778 QU 02 | 68 | 3555 RR 68 | 30th | 3448 SN 30 | 51 | 4000 TS 51 |
| 27. | 64 | 3854 QT 64 | 64 | 3877 RQ 64 | 17th | 2181 SN 17 | 30th | 2598 TS 30 |
| 28. | 68 | 6570 QS 68 | 02 | 2629 RP 02 | 27 | 9741 SL 27 | 27 | 4600 TQ 27 |
| 29 | 30th | 3180 QS 30 | 30th | 702 RP 30 | 64 | 6981 SL 64 | 64 | 1391 TN 64 |
| 30th | 27 | 5795 QR 27 | 27 | 364 RN 27 | 02 | 9999 SJ 02 | 02 | 1086 TK 02 |
1995 to 2009
| space | Dép. No. 1995 | highest registration number 1995 | Dép. No. 2000 | highest registration number 2000 | Dép. No. 2005 | highest mark 2005 | Dép. No. 2009 | highest mark 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 75 | 389 LMT 75 | 75 | 188 NLR 75 | 75 | 254 QLJ 75 | 75 | 523 RQD 75 |
| 2. | 91 | 405 BQX 91 | 91 | 795 CWB 91 | 92 | 632 ESH 92 | 92 | 828 FZM 92 |
| 3. | 95 | 177 BQC 95 | 95 | 791 CTN 95 | 91 | 935 ECX 91 | 91 | 338 FAY 91 |
| 4th | 77 | 612 BCX 77 | 92 | 874 CQB 92 | 95 | 142 EWC 95 | 77 | 549 FAV 77 |
| 5. | 92 | 883 AMZ 92 | 77 | 70 CJT 77 | 77 | 732 DWX 77 | 95 | 434 EZJ 95 |
| 6th | 38 | 808 ALP 38 | 78 | 431 BVE 78 | 78 | 890 DPQ 78 | 78 | 77 EVZ 78 |
| 7th | 78 | 385 ADG 78 | 38 | 845 BKW 38 | 38 | 921 CNN 38 | 59 | 686 DMS 59 |
| 8th. | 57 | 4000 ZK 57 | 57 | 610 ANT 57 | 59 | 245 CCP 59 | 38 | 579 DKH 38 |
| 9. | 06 | 2831 ZE 06 | 44 | 670 AMY 44 | 44 | 47 BSJ 44 | 44 | 246 CQK 44 |
| 10. | 44 | 6973 YZ 44 | 06 | 27 AMP 06 | 31 | 984 BQM 31 | 31 | 864 CMV 31 |
| 11. | 31 | 2611 YX 31 | 31 | 386 ALP 31 | 06 | 18 BPA 06 | 60 | 144 CJE 60 |
| 12. | 83 | 8619 YC 83 | 59 | 160 AGP 59 | 57 | 689 BLQ 57 | 06 | 482 CGE 06 |
| 13. | 67 | 9642 XW 67 | 83 | 753 ABM 83 | 83 | 349 BCJ 83 | 57 | 174 CDA 57 |
| 14th | 35 | 6646 XP 35 | 51 | 202 ZY 51 | 60 | 510 AXS 60 | 13 | 860 BXW 13 |
| 15th | 34 | 3492 XK 34 | 67 | 3268 ZP 67 | 67 | 57 ARH 67 | 83 | 349 BXK 83 |
| 16. | 60 | 7489 XJ 60 | 35 | 9424 ZG 35 | 34 | 199 AQA 34 | 69 | 24 BNJ 69 |
| 17th | 29 | 6834 XH 29 | 34 | 4255 ZE 34 | 13 | 341 AQG 13 | 34 | 868 BJT 34 |
| 18th | 54 | 3882 XD 54 | 60 | 1063 ZA 60 | 51 | 957 APY 51 | 67 | 429 BGK 67 |
| 19th | 59 | 2330 XB 59 | 29 | 8407 YT 29 | 35 | 590 APB 35 | 35 | 951 BFM 35 |
| 20th | 42 | 4725 WX 42 | 54 | 4729 YM 54 | 69 | 801 AHS 69 | 51 | 330 BAJ 51 |
| 21st | 49 | 3733 WJ 49 | 42 | 1127 YF 42 | 29 | 696 ADV 29 | 93 | 940 ATE 93 |
| 22nd | 25th | 7485 WH 25 | 49 | 8779 XT 49 | 54 | 987 AAD 54 | 29 | 657 ASF 29 |
| 23. | 14th | 130 WB 14 | 25th | 289 XM 25 | 42 | 8591 ZS 42 | 54 | 86 ANK 54 |
| 24. | 68 | 7459 WA 68 | 13 | 8407 XJ 13 | 93 | 5972 ZL 93 | 76 | 46 AKV 76 |
| 25th | 30th | 9107 VY 30 | 14th | 6205 XJ 14 | 49 | 699 ZH 49 | 42 | 780 AKJ 42 |
| 26th | 45 | 9807 VX 45 | 30th | 5180 XJ 30 | 30th | 3351 ZC 30 | 49 | 287 AFD 49 |
| 27. | 51 | 4378 VW 51 | 68 | 1566 XJ 68 | 45 | 9146 YW 45 | 30th | 855 AEG 30 |
| 28. | 71 | 7950 VV 71 | 45 | 743 XJ 45 | 25th | 3978 YV 25 | 45 | 288 AAD 45 |
| 29 | 27 | 4351 VV 27 | 27 | 5636 XC 27 | 14th | 1692 YV 14 | 14th | 2484 ZX 14 |
| 30th | 63 | 816 VS 63 | 69 | 6750 XA 69 | 27 | 1756 YP 27 | 68 | 1114 ZX 68 |
Départements with the lowest registration numbers
The following tables show the ten departments with the lowest approval numbers. The lists record the status on December 31st at the end of a five-year period. At the end there is information about the last assigned license plate on October 13, 2009.
1955 to 1970
Note on 1965: The newly created departments in the greater Paris area are not yet listed in 1965. The départements began licensing activities at different times, so that the list would be very distorted.
| space | Dep. No. 1955 | highest registration number 1955 | Dep. No. 1960 | highest registration number 1960 | Dep. No. 1965 | highest registration number 1965 | Dep. No. 1970 | highest registration number 1970 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 48 | 534 Q 48 | 48 | 275 AE 48 | 48 | 1 AV 48 | 93 | 3420 AY 93 |
| 2. | 20th | 58 R 20 | 20th | 113 AJ 20 | 05 | 285 BJ 05 | 94 | ?? BB 94 |
| 3. | 05 | 362 U 05 | 05 | 766 AM 05 | 33 | 9184 BP 33 | 92 | 3054 BL 92 |
| 4th | 90 | 118 Y 90 | 90 | 87 AS 90 | 20th | 883 BQ 20 | 48 | 892 BP 48 |
| 5. | 04 | 977 Y 04 | 04 | 131 AT 04 | 90 | 933 BU 90 | 05 | 73 CK 05 |
| 6th | 09 | 725 AA 09 | 33 | 583 AV 33 | 04 | 299 BW 04 | 33 | 4370 CQ 33 |
| 7th | 33 | 8410 AF 33 | 09 | 943 AW 09 | 09 | 685 BY 09 | 04 | 108 DF 04 |
| 8th. | 23 | 97 AG 23 | 23 | 714 BF 23 | 69 | 5178 CK 69 | 09 | 578 DH 09 |
| 9. | 15th | 943 AH 15 | 69 | 8574 BG 69 | 23 | 401 CL 23 | 90 | 400 DJ 90 |
| 10. | 43 | 999 AJ 43 | 15th | 680 BK 15 | 15th | 695 CR 15 | 20th | 518 DM 20 |
1975 to 1990
Note: The last registration number of the Département 20 Corse (Corsica) before the division into the two Départements 2 A and 2 B was 292 GJ 20 on December 31, 1975 . It is not included in the lists.
| space | Dep. No. 1975 | highest registration number 1975 | Dep. No. 1980 | highest registration 1980 | Dep. No. 1985 | highest registration number 1985 | Dep. No. 1990 | highest registration number 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 48 | 319 CN 48 | 2A | 875 BY 2A | 2A | 45 ES 2A | 2A | 6125 FJ 2A |
| 2. | 94 | 9030 DE 94 | 2 B | 954 CG 2B | 48 | 985 FB 48 | 09 | 3549 FV 09 |
| 3. | 93 | 1106 DK 93 | 48 | 232 DT 48 | 2 B | 722 FL 2B | 90 | 6827 FX 90 |
| 4th | 05 | 955 DT 05 | 90 | 113 FF 90 | 90 | 7993 FM 90 | 2 B | 8500 FX 2B |
| 5. | 33 | 2160 DX 33 | 09 | 6178 FF 09 | 09 | 9241 FM 09 | 48 | 2418 GB 48 |
| 6th | 04 | 710 EX 04 | 33 | 9591 FN 33 | 15th | 6312 GN 15 | 15th | 86 GX 15 |
| 7th | 92 | 1978 EX 92 | 05 | 273 FR 05 | 33 | 1440 HH 33 | 82 | 6500 YES 82 |
| 8th. | 90 | 4420 EY 90 | 94 | 9295 FY 94 | 82 | 9349 HP 82 | 46 | 9612 YES 46 |
| 9. | 09 | 1741 FA 09 | 15th | 5873 GG 15 | 46 | 9529 HR 46 | 43 | 7435 JD 43 |
| 10. | 23 | 291 FU 23 | 93 | 3777 GH 93 | 43 | 410 HT 43 | 05 | 756 KA 05 |
1995 to 2009
| space | Dep. No. 1995 | highest registration number 1995 | Dep. No. 2000 | highest registration number 2000 | Dep. No. 2005 | highest mark 2005 | Dep. No. 2009 | highest mark 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2A | 7952 FS 2A | 2A | 1700 GD 2A | 48 | 7177 GP 48 | 48 | 2718 GT 48 |
| 2. | 09 | 9104 GB 09 | 09 | 468 GK 09 | 2A | 3333 GR 2A | 2A | 7200 HA 2A |
| 3. | 48 | 58 GF 48 | 48 | 590 GK 48 | 09 | 5212 GT 09 | 09 | 2386 HB 09 |
| 4th | 90 | 788 GF 90 | 90 | 2404 GP 90 | 90 | 5709 GZ 90 | 90 | 2185 HG 90 |
| 5. | 2 B | 3132 GH 2B | 2 B | 4459 GT 2B | 2 B | 4243 HH 2B | 2 B | 1251 HR 2B |
| 6th | 15th | 4032 HD 15 | 15th | 2554 HL 15 | 15th | 804 HV 15th | 15th | 264 JB 15 |
| 7th | 46 | 9497 JJ 46 | 46 | 9062 JT 46 | 46 | 4912 KF 46 | 46 | 6156 KQ 46 |
| 8th. | 82 | 2879 JL 82 | 82 | 3129 JY 82 | 82 | 9836 KN 82 | 43 | 2171 LB 43 |
| 9. | 43 | 5977 JP 43 | 43 | 5965 KB 43 | 43 | 2033 KQ 43 | 82 | 3595 LB 82 |
| 10. | 05 | 7305 KF 05 | 05 | 1391 KN 05 | 05 | 1988 KX 05 | 05 | 4065 LD 05 |