SANEF, Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (Northern and Eastern French Highways Corporation) is a

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operator company in

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. It operates motorways in the North and East of France as a result of concessions given by the

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. Its network is 1743 km long. SANEF employs a staff of 3600 in offices or on the roads, and has invested €1.15 billion. Its network serves several regions; Ile-de-France,

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Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Cala ...

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and

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

. SANEF's network consists of the A1 (214 km long), A2 (85 km long), A4 (480 km long), the A16 (311 km long),

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(405 km long) and the A29 (266 km long). All motorways, except portions of the A29, are tolled. Since 2011, the President of the board of directors is

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Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France

References

External links

Official website
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