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The A71 autoroute is a motorway in central 
''Exchange A10-A71'' Junction with the A10
* 
1 (''Orléans-Centre'') Towns served:
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
. It is also called ''l'Arverne''. It starts at Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attract ...
.
(US) and Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attract ...
Orléans to Bourges
The autoroute is 2x2 lanes and is operated by the Société Cofiroute (Orléans-Bourges). The section betweenOrléans
Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Salbris Salbris () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Population See also * Sologne * Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France. The ...
was opened on 24 October 1986. In 1989 it was completed to Bourges.
(US) and Salbris Salbris () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Population See also * Sologne * Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France. The ...
Junctions
*''Exchange A10-A71'' Junction with the A10
* 1 (''Orléans-Centre'') Towns served: Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and 2 (''Olivet'') Towns served: Olivet **
Rest Area: Le Bois de Bailly/Le Bois du Télégraphe
** Rest Area:Chaumont-sur-Tharonne/La Ferté-Saint-Aubin
* 3 (''Lamotte-Beuvron'') Towns served: Rest Area: L'Étang du Marais/La Briganderie
** Rest Area: Les Marembets/La Saulot
* 4 (''Salbris'') Towns served: 
Service Area: Salbris
* ''Exchange A71-A85'' Junction with A85
* ''Exchange A20-A71'' Junction with A20
* 6 (''Vierzon-Est'') Towns served: Rest area: Les Croquettes/La Chaussée de César
** Service Area: Bourges
* 7 (''Bourges'') Towns served: Bourges
This section of the autoroute is operated by SAPRR. It is 2x2 lanes and a toll road. The road has the double numbering A71/A89 between Combronde and Gerzat.
* 1987 : The section between Montmarault and Clermont-Est (71 km) is opened.
* 1988 : The section between Forêt-de-Tronçais and Montmarault (38 km) is opened.
* 1989 : The opening of the section between Bourges and the Forêt-de-Tronçais (70 km)
Rest Area: Le Gîte des Loups/Le Bois des Dames
** Service Area: Centre de la France
* 8 (''Saint-Amand'') Towns served: Saint-Amand-Montrond
** Rest Area: 9 (''Vallon-en-Sully'') Towns served: ''Exchange A714-A71'' Junction with the A714 spur to Service Area: L'Allier
* 11 (''Montmarault'') Towns served: Montmarault
** Rest Area: La Bouble/Chantelle-en-Bourbonnais
* ''Exchange A71-A719'' Junction with A719 spur to Service Area: Volcans
* 12.1 (''Combronde'') Towns served: Combronde
* ''Exchange A89-A71'' Junction with the A89
** Rest Area: Montpertuis/Pessat-Villeneuve
* 13 (''Riom'') Towns served: Riom
* 14 (''Gerzat'') Towns served: Gerzat
* 15 (''Clermont-Ferrand'') Towns served: ''Exchange A710-A71'' Junction with the A710 spur to
* 16 (''Brezet'') Towns served: ''Exchange A75-A71'' Junction with A75 to Saint-Étienne and
Opened in 1997, first section of this motorway bypasses Gannat by north (9 km). The highway was extended to the gates of Vichy, precisely on a roundabout at ''Exchange A71-A719''
* 13, km 1 Towns served: Ébreuil and Gannat
* 14, km 6 Towns served: Gannat and Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 24 km
* 15, km 9 Towns served: Gannat and
''Exchange A71-A710'' Junction with the A710
* ''Exchange A89-A710'' Junction with the A89 (7 km)
''Exchange A75-A711'' Junction with the A75
* 1.3 km 4 Towns served: Lempdes
* 1.4 km 5 Towns served: Pont-du-Château
* ''Exchange A89-A711'' Junction with the A89 (11 km)
A711 Fr - SO Vers Clermont-Ferrand.JPG, alt=A711 autoroute towards Clermont-Ferrand, A711 towards Clermont-Ferrand (August 2009)
A712 Fr - E Vers Rond-point de Champ Lamet.JPG, alt=A712 autoroute, A712 autoroute
A71 Motorway in Saratlas
(in French) {{Autoroutes A71
(US) and 2 (''Olivet'') Towns served: Olivet **
Rest Area: Le Bois de Bailly/Le Bois du Télégraphe
** Rest Area:Chaumont-sur-Tharonne/La Ferté-Saint-Aubin
* 3 (''Lamotte-Beuvron'') Towns served: Lamotte-Beuvron
Lamotte-Beuvron () is a town and commune of about 5000 inhabitants in the Loir-et-Cher department of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
The French Federal Equestrian Park, one of the largest in Europe, is based in Lamotte-Beuvron. Each July, the Fed ...
** Rest Area: L'Étang du Marais/La Briganderie
** Rest Area: Les Marembets/La Saulot
* 4 (''Salbris'') Towns served: Salbris
Salbris () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.
Population
See also
* Sologne
* Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department
The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France.
The ...
** Service Area: Salbris
* ''Exchange A71-A85'' Junction with A85
* ''Exchange A20-A71'' Junction with A20
* 6 (''Vierzon-Est'') Towns served: Vierzon
Vierzon () is a commune in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Geography
A medium-sized town by the banks of the river Cher with some light industry and an area of forestry and farming to the north. It is situated some northwe ...
** Rest area: Les Croquettes/La Chaussée de César
** Service Area: Bourges
* 7 (''Bourges'') Towns served: Bourges
Bourges to Clermont-Ferrand
This section of the autoroute is operated by SAPRR. It is 2x2 lanes and a toll road. The road has the double numbering A71/A89 between Combronde and Gerzat.
* 1987 : The section between Montmarault and Clermont-Est (71 km) is opened.
* 1988 : The section between Forêt-de-Tronçais and Montmarault (38 km) is opened.
* 1989 : The opening of the section between Bourges and the Forêt-de-Tronçais (70 km)
Junctions
= **Rest Area: Le Gîte des Loups/Le Bois des Dames
** Service Area: Centre de la France
* 8 (''Saint-Amand'') Towns served: Saint-Amand-Montrond
** Rest Area: Le Grand Meaulnes
''Le Grand Meaulnes'' () is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier, who was killed in the first month of World War I. The novel, published in 1913, a year before the author's death, is somewhat autobiographical – especially the name of t ...
/Vallon-en-Sully
* 9 (''Vallon-en-Sully'') Towns served: Vallon-en-Sully
Vallon-en-Sully () is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
It is home to a host of beautiful ''châteaux'' (i.e. castles), with the most notable being Le Creux.
Population
See also
*Communes of th ...
and Hérisson
* ''Exchange A714-A71'' Junction with the A714 spur to Guéret
Guéret (; Occitan: ''Garait'') is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
Guéret is a light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland a ...
and Montluçon
** Service Area: L'Allier
* 11 (''Montmarault'') Towns served: Montmarault
** Rest Area: La Bouble/Chantelle-en-Bourbonnais
* ''Exchange A71-A719'' Junction with A719 spur to Vichy
Vichy (, ; ; oc, Vichèi, link=no, ) is a city in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais.
It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the capital of ...
, Gannat and Ébreuil
** Service Area: Volcans
* 12.1 (''Combronde'') Towns served: Combronde
* ''Exchange A89-A71'' Junction with the A89
** Rest Area: Montpertuis/Pessat-Villeneuve
* 13 (''Riom'') Towns served: Riom
* 14 (''Gerzat'') Towns served: Gerzat
* 15 (''Clermont-Ferrand'') Towns served: Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attract ...
* ''Exchange A710-A71'' Junction with the A710 spur to
* 16 (''Brezet'') Towns served: Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attract ...
* ''Exchange A75-A71'' Junction with A75 to Saint-Étienne and Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
.
The Spur Autoroutes
A719
Opened in 1997, first section of this motorway bypasses Gannat by north (9 km). The highway was extended to the gates of Vichy, precisely on a roundabout at Espinasse-Vozelle
Espinasse-Vozelle (; oc, Espinassa e Vozela) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Allier department
The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of Fra ...
; this 14 km section, inaugurated 9 January, was opened on 12 January 2015.
* ''Exchange A71-A719''
* 13, km 1 Towns served: Ébreuil and Gannat
* 14, km 6 Towns served: Gannat and Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 24 km
* 15, km 9 Towns served: Gannat and Vichy
Vichy (, ; ; oc, Vichèi, link=no, ) is a city in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais.
It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the capital of ...
There are proposals to extend the autoroute beyond Vichy
Vichy (, ; ; oc, Vichèi, link=no, ) is a city in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais.
It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the capital of ...
to form part of the A77 to ( Moulins-Roanne
Roanne (; frp, Rouana; oc, Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France.
It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (Fre ...
).
A710
Former autoroute opened in 1998 (7 km long). Junctions are: *''Exchange A71-A710'' Junction with the A710
* ''Exchange A89-A710'' Junction with the A89 (7 km)
A711
*''Exchange A75-A711'' Junction with the A75
* 1.3 km 4 Towns served: Lempdes
* 1.4 km 5 Towns served: Pont-du-Château
* ''Exchange A89-A711'' Junction with the A89 (11 km)
A712
This motorway, 1 km long and with reduced features, connects the exit 1.4 of A711 at the roundabout of Champ-Lamet between Lempdes and Pont-du-Château, at the crossroads with three other departmental roads.A714
Motorway connecting the A71 with the traffic ring of Montluçon.Future
There are proposals to create a major motorway route through Montluçon as part of a transport route from CentralEurope
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to the Atlantic
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coast.
References
External links
A71 Motorway in Saratlas
(in French) {{Autoroutes A71