Fully revised & updated for 2019, this specialist, easy-to-read A4 road atlas designed for the British motorist in France



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2017 Easy Read Road Atlas of France from the AA at 1:180, 000 (1” to 2.84 miles) in an A4 paperback format with cartography from the IGN
- France’s national survey organization. This is one of five annually updated AA atlases of France available in different formats & sizes – please click on the series link to see the other options. All the versions have the main section with the same mapping, in larger or smaller print according to the scale, but the number of towns & villages listed in the index varies – this version has a full size index. In addition to the main map section this version
Includes:: a 12-page route planning mapping at 1:1, 250, 000; enlargements showing in greater detail road access to Paris, Lille, Lyon & Marseille; a street plan of central Paris plus city centre street plans of 86 more cities (no indexes); plus a distance/journey times table.MAIN SECTION OF THE ATLAS: detailed mapping of regional & minor local roads is combined with very clear presentation of motorways & main national routes, showing toll sections with locations of toll gates, services & rest areas, plus locations of fixed speed cameras. Junction numbers are clearly marked. The maps indicate access restrictions, unmaintained sections of minor local roads, etc. Intermediate driving distances are marked on main & secondary routes. Sections in construction, both on main routes & local roads, are annotated with opening dates. The maps also show the country’s railway network with stations & local stops, as well as departmental & regional administrative boundaries. Towns of particular tourist interest are highlighted & a wide range of symbols mark locations of various places of interest, including chateaux & castles, cathedrals & churches, viewpoints, interesting natural features, nature reserves, etc. National & regional parks are prominently marked. Topography is shown by relief shading with colouring & graphics to indicate wooded areas, marshes, salt marshes, dry or wet sand shoreline, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10` intervals, although no coordinates are given in the atlases.

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Fully revised & updated for 2019, this specialist A4 road atlas designed for the British motorist in France

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New (post 1.1.2016) administrative regions of France presented at 1:1, 700, 000 on a map from Michelin. Within each region colouring also indicates the division into départments, shown with their official numbers. Town symbols indicate administrative status of each location. The map also shows the network national & regional roads. Additional insets & information panels provide: for comparison, maps showing the division of France into regions before & after 1.1.2016; an alphabetical list of the regions showing surface area & population of their constituent départment; maps of France’s overseas départments & territories (DOM-TOMs); a map showing school zones from 1.1.2016; a distance/driving times table for 26 cities; notes on the administrative structure of the country (regions, départments, arrondisements, cantons & communes); plus an enlargement of the area around Paris. All the text is in French only.PLEASE NOTE: as of March 2016, six regions have a temporary name: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine, Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, & Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie. Regions must make a decision about their name before 1 July 2016 & a final decree will announced on 1 October 2016. ...

Administrative map of France at 1:1, 000, 000 from Blay-Foldex, with each department shown in a different colour. The map indicates the grouping of the departments into regions & the division of each department into arrondissements & cantons. Separate enlargements show the Ile de France region & the three departments bordering Paris. France's overseas departments are also included. An index lists all the cantons with their postcodes & population. ...

France on a double-sided road map 1:1, 100, 000 approx. from the National Geographic Society printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Cartographic information provided by the German publishers Reise Know-How is presented here in the overall style of the NGS Adventure maps. The map divides the country north/south with a good overlap between the sides. Coverage

Includes:: the southern coast of England with ferry routes to the French & Belgium ports. Topography is shown by relief shading & contours at 200m intervals, plus names of the main mountain ranges, etc. Boundaries of national or regional parks & other protected areas are marked. Road network is clearly presented, although without indicating full/partial motorway interchanges or services; driving distances are shown on main routes. Railway lines are included, if not easy to see given the density of other detail, & domestic airports are marked. Symbols highlight a selection of the county’s numerous places of interest. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals & the map has an index of place names.

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Philip's France & Belgium Road Map is designed for long-distance driving, & is a convenient size for opening out on a table or in a vehicle. France & Belgium are shown at 10 km to 1 cm (16 miles to 1 inch), an ideal scale for long-distance driving, with major routes & destinations picked out in bold colours. Toll & pre-pay motorways are clearly shown, along with restricted & unrestricted motorway junctions, service areas & rest areas. Town plans are provided for Bordeaux, Boulogne, Brussels, Calais, Lyons, Marseilles & Paris. For holiday planning, the map highlights scenic routes & shows car ferry routes, along with ancient monuments, beaches, castles, cathedrals, national parks, ski resorts, theme parks, world heritage sites, & many other places of interest. ...

Philip's France & Belgium Road Map is designed for long-distance driving, & is a convenient size for opening out on a table or in a vehicle. France & Belgium are shown at 10 km to 1 cm (16 miles to 1 inch), an ideal scale for long-distance driving, with major routes & destinations picked out in bold colours. Toll & pre-pay motorways are clearly shown, along with restricted & unrestricted motorway junctions, service areas & rest areas. Town plans are provided for Bordeaux, Boulogne, Brussels, Calais, Lyons, Marseilles & Paris. For holiday planning, the map highlights scenic routes & shows car ferry routes, along with ancient monuments, beaches, castles, cathedrals, national parks, ski resorts, theme parks, world heritage sites, & many other places of interest. ...

Philip`s France & Belgium Road Map is designed for long-distance driving, & is a convenient size for opening out on a table or in a vehicle. France & Belgium are shown at 10 km to 1 cm (16 miles to 1 inch), an ideal scale for long-distance driving, with major routes & destinations picked out in bold colours. Toll & pre-pay motorways are clearly shown, along with restricted & unrestricted motorway junctions, service areas & rest areas. Town plans are provided for Bordeaux, Boulogne, Brussels, Calais, Lyons, Marseilles & Paris. For holiday planning, the map highlights scenic routes & shows car ferry routes, along with ancient monuments, beaches, castles, cathedrals, national parks, ski resorts, theme parks, world heritage sites, & many other places of interest. ...

France with the Benelux countries, Belgium, the Netherlands & Luxembourg, at 1:1, 000, 000 in a A5, spiral-bound glovebox road atlas with cartography from Freytag & Berndt. Enlargements show in greater detail the environs of Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam & Luxembourg City. The atlas shows a large number of smaller towns with connecting local roads, providing a clear representation of the road network in the less densely populated areas, but looks rather cluttered & difficult to read in the areas round big cities not covered by the enlargements. The index lists each country separately. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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