List of border crossing points in France

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Map of permanent border crossing points in France

The following is a list of border crossing points in France forming the external border of the Schengen Area.

At the main border crossing points, the Police aux Frontières carries out immigration checks, whilst Customs are responsible for customs checks. At smaller regional border crossing points, Customs are responsible for carrying out both immigration and customs checks.

Air borders

Border crossing point	Agency responsible for immigration checks	Agency responsible for customs checks	Nature of presence	Flights from outside the Schengen Area
Abbeville – Buigny-Saint-Maclou Aerodrome	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Agen – La Garenne Aerodrome	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Ajaccio – Napoléon Bonaparte Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	Permanent	Seasonal scheduled flights (London-Gatwick)
Albert – Picardie Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Amiens – Glisy Aerodrome	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Angers – Loire Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (London-City)
Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Annemasse Aerodrome	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Auxerre – Branches Aerodrome	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Avignon – Caumont Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Exeter, London-City, Southampton)
Bastia – Poretta Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	On request outside peak season	Seasonal scheduled flights (London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Manchester)
Beauvais-Tillé Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	On request outside peak season	Regular scheduled flights (Bacău, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Chişinău, Cluj-Napoca, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fez, Glasgow-Prestwick, Knock, Manchester, Marrakech, Nador, Pula, Sofia, Tangier, Târgu Mureş, Timişoara)
Bergerac Dordogne Périgord Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Southampton)
Besançon – La Vèze Aerodrome	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (Bristol, London-Luton, Manchester, Southampton)
Biarritz – Anglet – Bayonne Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (Dublin, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester)
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	Permanent	Regular scheduled flights (Agadir, Algiers, Casablanca, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Marrakech, Tunis), seasonal scheduled flights (Bristol, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Montréal-Trudeau, Oran, Southampton)
Brest Bretagne Airport	Customs	Customs	On request outside peak season	Regular scheduled flights (London-City, Marrakech)
Brive – Souillac Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (London-City)
Caen – Carpiquet Airport	Customs	Customs	On request outside peak season	Infrequent charter flights
Calais – Dunkerque Airport	Customs	Customs	On request outside peak season	Infrequent charter flights
Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	On request outside peak season	Seasonal charter flights (London-Stansted)
Cannes – Mandelieu Airport	Customs	Customs	On request outside peak season	Infrequent charter flights
Carcassonne Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (Dublin, Liverpool, London-Stansted) and seasonal scheduled flights (Bournemouth, Cork, East Midlands, Glasgow-Prestwick)
Chalon – Champforgeuil Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Chambéry Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London-City, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Southampton) and seasonal charter flights (Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Moscow-Domodedovo)
Châteauroux-Centre "Marcel Dassault" Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	On request outside peak season	Seasonal scheduled flights (Southampton)
Colmar Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Deauville – Saint-Gatien Airport	Customs	Customs	On request outside peak season	Seasonal scheduled flights (London-City) and charter flights (Agadir, Marrakech)
Dijon - Bourgogne Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (Southampton)
Dinard – Pleurtuit – Saint-Malo Airport	Customs	Customs	On request outside peak season	Regular scheduled flights (East Midlands, Guernsey, London-Stansted) and seasonal charter flights (Leeds/Bradford)
Épinal – Mirecourt Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Figari Sud-Corse Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	On request outside peak season	Seasonal scheduled flights (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
Grenoble-Isère Airport	Customs	Customs	On request outside peak season	Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Guernsey, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester) and seasonal charter flights (Kiev-Boryspil, Moscow-Vnukovo, Southampton, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion)
La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport	Customs	Customs	On request outside peak season	Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Bristol, Cork, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester)
Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Le Havre – Octeville Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Lille Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	Permanent	Regular scheduled flights (Algiers, Oran, Tlemcen, Tunis)
Limoges – Bellegarde Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (Bristol, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Newcastle upon Tyne, Southampton)
Lorient South Brittany Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	Permanent	Regular scheduled flights (Agadir, Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Bodrum, Bucharest-Henri Coanda, Casablanca, Chlef, Constantine, Dakar, Djerba, Douala, Dublin, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jijel, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Marrakech, Monastir, Moscow-Domodedovo, Oran, Sétif, Sfax, Southampton, Tozeur, Tlemcen, Tunis, Yaoundé), seasonal scheduled flights (Antalya, Bodrum, Izmir, Montreal-Trudeau, Split, Yerevan) and charter flights (Burgas, Dubrovnik, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Shannon, Varna)
Marseille Provence Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	Permanent	Regular scheduled flights (Agadir, Algiers, Annaba, Antalya, Antananarivo, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Bodrum, Casablanca, Chlef, Constantine, Dakar, Djerba, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Marrakech, Monastir, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Oran, Sétif, Sfax, Tlemcen, Tozeur, Tunis, Yaoundé) and seasonal scheduled flights (Bristol, Dublin, Montreal-Trudeau, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson, Yerevan)
Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (Algiers), seasonal scheduled flights (Constantine, Oran) and seasonal charter flights
Montpellier – Méditerranée Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (Casablanca, Fez, Nador) and seasonal scheduled flights (Algiers, Leeds/Bradford, London-Luton, Oran)
Nantes Atlantique Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	On request outside peak season	Regular scheduled flights (Agadir, Casablanca, London-City, Marrakech) and seasonal scheduled flights (Djerba, Dublin, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Monastir, Montréal-Trudeau, Shannon, Southampton, Toronto-Pearson, Tunis)
Nice Côte d'Azur Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	Permanent	Regular scheduled flights (Algiers, Agadir, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Casablanca, Constantine, Djerba, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Istanbul-Atatürk, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Marrakech, Monastir, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St Petersburg, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Tunis) and seasonal scheduled flights (Belfast-International, Beirut, Birmingham, Cork, Djerba, Nottingham/East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kiev-Boryspil, Larnaca, London-City, Manchester, Monastir, Montréal-Trudeau, New York-JFK, Newcastle upon Tyne, Olbia, Praia, Shannon, Southampton, Toronto-Pearson, Tozeur)
Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (London-Luton) and seasonal scheduled flights (Liverpool)
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	Permanent	Regular scheduled flights
Paris Orly Airport	Police aux frontières	Customs	Permanent	Regular scheduled flights (Abidjan, Agadir, Aleppo, Algiers, Annaba, Antananarivo, Bamako, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Bodrum, Constantine, Dakar, Damascus, Djanet, Djerba, Essaouira, Fes, Havana, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Kayes, London-City, London-Heathrow, Luxor, Marrakech, Mauritius, Miami, Monastir, Montréal-Trudeau, Newark, Oran, Ouagadougou, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Rabat, Santiago de Cuba, Sétif, Sfax, Southampton, Tamanrasset, Tangier, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tlemcen, Tozeur, Tunis)
Pau Pyrénées Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (London-City) and seasonal scheduled flights (Dublin)
Perpignan – Rivesaltes Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Dublin, London-Stansted, Southampton)
Poitiers – Biard Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (Edinburgh, London-Stansted, Manchester)
Quimper – Cornouaille Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Seasonal scheduled flights (London-City)
Rennes – Saint-Jacques Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (Southampton) and seasonal scheduled flights (Cork, Dublin, Exeter, Manchester, Shannon)
Rodez-Marcillac Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (London-Stansted) and seasonal scheduled flights (Dublin)
Rouen Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Saint-Brieuc – Armor Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights
Saint-Étienne – Bouthéon Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Regular scheduled flights (Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen)
Saint-Nazaire Montoir Airport	Customs	Customs	On request	Infrequent charter flights

Land borders

A passport stamp issued by the Police aux Frontières at St Pancras railway station. 'LFT' stands for 'Lien fixe transmanche' (literally Fixed cross-Channel link).

France has no land borders with non-Schengen countries, but the Channel Tunnel forms a railway link with the United Kingdom.

In the 1991 Sangatte Protocol, France signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to introduce 'juxtaposed controls' (in French, des bureaux de contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or 'BCNJ') at Eurostar and Eurotunnel stations.

This means that, when travelling from the UK to France by Eurostar, French immigration checks are carried out by the Police aux Frontières on British soil before boarding the train, whilst French customs checks take place upon arrival on French soil. When travelling in the reverse direction from France to the UK by Eurostar, French immigration exit checks and British immigration checks both take place on French soil before boarding the train, whilst British customs checks take place upon arrival on British soil. The exception is at Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, where UK Border Force no longer maintains a full presence and passengers boarding the Eurostar there clear immigration and customs on arrival in the UK.

When travelling from the UK to France by Eurotunnel, French immigration and customs checks both take place on British soil before boarding the train. When travelling from France to the UK by Eurotunnel, after French immigration exit checks, British immigration and customs checks both take place on French soil before boarding the train shuttle.

Border crossing point	Agency responsible for French immigration checks	Agency responsible for French customs checks	Nature of presence	Trains from outside the Schengen Area
Avignon Central railway station	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Summer period	Seasonal weekly trains to/from London-St Pancras and Ashford International.
Calais Fréthun railway station	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Up to 3 trains per day to/from London-St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International.
Coquelles Eurotunnel terminus	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Frequent Eurotunnel shuttle services to Cheriton, Kent.
Lille Europe railway station	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Up to 10 trains per day to/from London-St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International.
Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy railway station	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Up to 1 train per day to/from London-St Pancras.
Paris North railway station	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Up to 16 trains per day to/from London-St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International.

Maritime borders

In 2003, France signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to introduce 'juxtaposed controls' (in French, des bureaux de contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or 'BCNJ') at Dover on the British side and at Calais, Dunkerque and Boulogne-sur-Mer on the French side.

This means that, when travelling from Dover to France by ferry, French immigration checks are carried out by the Police aux Frontières on British soil before boarding the ferry, whilst French customs checks take place upon arrival on French soil. When travelling in the reverse direction from Calais, Dunkerque and Boulogne-sur-Mer in France to the UK by ferry, French immigration exit checks and British immigration checks both take place on French soil before boarding the ferry, whilst British customs checks take place upon arrival on British soil.

Border crossing point	Agency responsible for French immigration checks	Agency responsible for French customs checks	Nature of presence	Ferries from outside the Schengen Area
Caen port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Brittany Ferries to/from Portsmouth
Calais port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	DFDS Seaways and P&O Ferries to/from Dover
Carteret port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Manche Îles Express to/from Guernsey and Jersey
Cherbourg port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Brittany Ferries to/from Poole and Portsmouth and Celtic Link Ferries and Irish Ferries to/from Rosslare
Diélette port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Manche Îles Express to/from Alderney and Guernsey
Dieppe port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Transmanche Ferries to/from Newhaven
Dunkerque port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	DFDS Seaways to/from Dover
Granville port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Manche Îles Express to/from Jersey
Le Havre port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	LD Lines to/from Portsmouth
Marseille port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Algérie Ferries to/from Algiers, Bejaia, Oran and Skikda
Roscoff port	Customs	Customs	Permanent	Brittany Ferries to/from Cork and Plymouth and Irish Ferries to/from Rosslare
Saint Malo port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Brittany Ferries to/from Portsmouth and Condor Ferries to/from Guernsey, Jersey, Poole and Weymouth
Sète port	Police aux Frontières	Customs	Permanent	Comarit to/from Nador and Tangier

External links

• Official Journal of the European Union: List of border crossing points
• List of air borders