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| L'Occitane | |
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Part of E9 | |
| Length | 427 km (265 mi) |
| Existed | 1992–present |
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| South end |  A 62 inMontbartier |
| North end |  A 71 inVierzon |
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| Country | France |
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TheA20 autoroute orL'Occitane is a highway through centralFrance. A part ofFrance's national network of autoroutes, it is 427 kilometres (265 mi) long.
The road travels through the areas ofOccitania,Limousin andMidi-Pyrénées. It starts atVierzon inCher and finishes in the south atMontauban inTarn-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 toBrive-la-Gaillarde via Limoges.
The operating companies are ASF betweenCressensac andMontauban, DDE in the department betweenVierzon andNespouls. The road crosses the following departmentsCher,Indre,Creuse,Haute-Vienne,Corrèze,Lot,Tarn-et-Garonne
The motorway was proposed to reduce the travel time along theRN20 and to avoid congestion during holiday periods atChâteauroux,Argenton-sur-Creuse,Saint-Benoît-du-Sault,Limoges,Uzerche,Brive,Souillac,Cahors andMontauban.
The motorway is managed by the respective DDE inCher,Indre,Creuse,Haute-Vienne, ofCorrèze andLot. It is a free motorway with 2x2 lanes, with certain sections with 2x3 lanes, for example the by-pass ofLimoges.
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.
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A71 to A20
Péage
05 (Vierzon-North) to 1 km: served cityVierzon06 (Vierzon) to 3 km: served cityVierzon07 (Vierzon-South) to 6 km: served cityVierzon08 (Massay-Nord) to 9 km: served cityMassay (half-exchanger)08 (Massay-South) to 15 km: served cityMassay (half-exchanger)09 (Gracay) to 23 km: served cityGracay
Service Area: Champs-d'Amour10 (Vatan-Nord) to 28 km: served cityVatan (half-exchanger)10 (Vatan-Sod) to 32 km: served cityVatan (half-exchanger)11 (Brion) to 42 km: served citiesBrion,Levroux andIssoudun
Rest Area: Les Avionneurs (Southbound), Les Avionneurs (Northbound) Les Blés d'Or (Southbound)12 (Déols) to 54 km: served citiesDéols andChâteauroux13 (Châteauroux) to 60 km: served citiesChâteauroux andBuzançais13.1 (Mézières-en-Brenne) to 64 km: served citiesChâteauroux andMézières-en-Brenne (half-exchanger)14 (Châteauroux-Sud) to 67 km: city servedChâteauroux Service Area: Mille Étangs (Southbound), Val de l'Indre (Northbound)15 (Velles) to 75 km: served cityVelles16 (Tendu) to 80 km: served cityTendu17 (Saint-Marcel-Nord) to 84 km: served citiesSaint-Marcel andArgenton-sur-Creuse (half-exchanger)17 (Saint-Marcel-Sud) to 87 km: served citiesSaint-Marcel andArgenton-sur-Creuse (half-exchanger)18 (Argenton sud) to 91 km: served cityArgenton-sur-Creuse andSaint-Benoît-du-Sault Rest Area: La Marche Occitane (Southbound), Val de Hollow (Northbound)19 (Celon) to 98 km: served cityCelon andSaint-Benoît-du-Sault20 (Éguzon Saint-Benoit) to 107 km: served citiesÉguzon-Chantôme andSaint-Benoît-du-Sault21 (Mouhet) to 118 km: city servedMouhet Service Area: Mandé Bois22 (Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles La Souterraine) to 128 km: served citiesSaint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles andLa Souterraine23 (Magnac-Laval) to 136 km: served citiesMagnac-Laval,La Souterraine andBellac23.A corresponds to the direction of La Souterraine in Provence of Limoges. Rest Area: Couleroute23.1 (Châteauponsac) to 143 km: served cityChâteauponsac (half-exchanger)24 (Béssines) to 148 km: served cityBessines-sur-Gartempe25 (Razès) to 158 km: served cityRazès26 (Ambazac) to 164 km: served cityAmbazac27 (Bonnac-la-Côte) to 170 km: served cityBonnac-la-Côte Rest Area: Beaune-Les-Mines28 to 175 km: served cityLimoges29 (Beaubreuil) to 176 km: served cityLimoges30 (Limoges-Nord) to 177 km: served cityLimoges31 (Technopôle) to 179 km: served cityLimoges32 to 181 km: served cityLimoges33 (Limoges-Center) to 182 km: served cityLimoges34 to 183 km: served cityLimoges35 (Feytiat) to 185 km: served cityLimoges36 (Limoges-Sud) to 188 km: served cityLimoges37 (Boisseuil) to 190 km: served cityBoisseuil38 (Vigen) to 195 km: served cityVigen39 (Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval) to 201 km: served citySaint-Hilaire-Bonneval40 (Pierre-Buffière) to 205 km: served cityPierre-BuffièreRest Area: Briance-Ligoure41 (Magnac-Bourg) to 214 km: served cityMagnac-Bourg42 (Saint-Germain-les-Belles) to 220 km: served citySaint-Germain-les-Belles Service Area: Porte de Corrèze43 (Masseret) to 227 km: served cityMasseret44 (Lubersac) to 233 km: served citiesLubersac andUzerche45 (Uzerche Vigeois) to 246 km: served citiesUzerche,Vigeois and 25 kmTulle Rest Area: Puy de Grâce46 (Perpezac-le-Noir) to 253 km: served citiesPerpezac-le-Noir andTulleA89 to A2047 (Donzenac-Nord) to 261 km: served cityDonzenac48 (Donzenac-Ouest) to 265 km: served cityDonzenac49 (Ussac) to 269 km: served cityUssacA89 to A2050 (Brive-Nord) to 273 km: served cityBrive-la-Gaillarde51 (Brive-Sud) to 275 km: served cityBrive-la-Gaillarde52 (Noailles) to 281 km: served cityNoailles53 (Cressensac) to 285 km: served cityCressensac Rest Areas: Pech Montat54 (Martel) to 293 km: served cityMartel PéageThe motorway is operated by ASF. It is a toll road (closed system) with 2x2 lanes.
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55 (Souillac) to 303 km: served citySouillac56 (Labastide-Murat) to 325 km: served cityLabastide-Murat Service Area: Causses de la Lot Rest Area: Rauze57 (Cahors-Nord) to 348 km: served cityCahors Rest Area: Cahors58 (Cahors-Sud) to 371 km: served cityCahors Rest Areas: Bois de Dourre59 (Caussade) to 393 km: served cityCaussade Péage60 (Montauban-Nord) to 409 km: served cityMontaubanThis section is managed by the DDE ofTarn-et-Garonne. 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 theA62.
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61 to 410 km: served cityMontauban62 to 413 km: served cityMontauban63 to 414 km: served cityMontauban64 to 416 km: served cityMontauban65 (Montauban-Sud) to 417 km: served cityMontauban66 (Bressols) to 418: served cityBressols Rest Area: Nauze-Vert67 to 423 km: served cityMoulis68 to 424 km: served citiesToulouse andAgenA62 to A20
