Grand Paris Removals: Which Suburbs Are Inside the Low-Emission Zone
Removals around Paris turn on the commune: the zone list names 77, and a State form sizes the lorry in metres of kerb on main roads in Seine-Saint-Denis, by lorry.
A few short questions. Nothing is sent until you check and confirm.
Why does the commune matter around Paris?
Paris is a single city inside the ring road, and the larger suburbs around it are communes with their own councils. The low-emission zone, though, is drawn by the Métropole du Grand Paris over a list of 77 communes, so a suburb can sit inside the zone while its council decides the street permit.
The City of Paris rules, the zone hours and the 24-day pass are in our Paris guide. This page adds what that guide did not read: which of the larger suburbs are on the Métropole's list, and one State permit form that applies on some main roads. The sticker and weekend-ban rules are in the guide to Crit’Air stickers and lorry rules.
Which larger suburbs are wholly inside the zone?
The Métropole's list of communes, read on 2 November 2026, puts these wholly inside: Boulogne-Billancourt, Nanterre, Courbevoie, Rueil-Malmaison, Asnières-sur-Seine, Aubervilliers, Levallois-Perret, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ivry-sur-Seine, Clichy-la-Garenne, Antony, Villejuif, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine and Pantin. The list shows Saint-Denis only as a combined entry with Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, among the wholly included communes.
The Métropole's zone page (opens in a new window) says the perimeter has covered 77 communes since 1 January 2025. For heavy vehicles the restriction applies every day from 8am to 8pm, and checks stay occasional and informative until 31 December 2026. It does not say what follows.
Which suburbs are only partly inside, or not on the list?
The same list marks Vitry-sur-Seine, Colombes, Gennevilliers, Drancy, Clamart, Bobigny, Maisons-Alfort, Bondy, Montreuil, Créteil and Champigny-sur-Marne as partly included. It does not say which streets are inside, so give the exact address to the Métropole or the commune before you plan the lorry.
These larger communes do not appear on the list of 77: Argenteuil, Versailles, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Noisy-le-Grand, Cergy, Évry-Courcouronnes, Le Blanc-Mesnil, Sarcelles, Meaux, Chelles, Corbeil-Essonnes, Épinay-sur-Seine, Sartrouville, Sevran and Massy. Not being on the zone list says nothing about their parking rules, which their own councils set, and the next two sections give what the larger councils publish.
Who issues a parking permit on a main road in Seine-Saint-Denis?
A State office can. The online form for a permit on the roadway (opens in a new window) names the DRIEAT Île-de-France as the body and says it is for the Seine-Saint-Denis department and for roads classed as high-traffic routes. It lists the roads by number, among them the RD 931, RD 932 and RD 933, formerly national roads 1, 2 and 3.
The form sizes the kerb to be kept clear: 5 metres for a car, 10 metres for a small lorry under 20 cubic metres and 20 metres for a large one. It asks whether a furniture lift or cherry picker will stand on the road, wants a recent photograph and a plan with dimensions, and says the town hall confirms on the day that nothing blocks the space. Where regulated bays exist nearby, it sends you to a second form.
The second form, for existing bays (opens in a new window) counts the bays instead: one for a car, two for a small lorry and three for a large one. It bars the bays reserved for police, cash-in-transit and similar vehicles, and carries the version date 3 September 2019. Both forms say the commune sets the charge, and neither states a notice period. If unsure which form applies, the form's own advice is to ask the town hall of the move.
Which suburb councils publish both a fee and a notice period?
Seven suburbs have a page of their own, because the council text we read on 2 November 2026 gives a fee and a notice period for the move. Colombes prints 41 euros a vehicle a day on a form due fifteen days ahead. Issy-les-Moulineaux reserves two places free for up to two days. Clichy asks 75 euros flat or 7 euros a place a day. Neuilly-sur-Seine prices a space by its length. Cergy charges 15 euros a place per half day. Sartrouville issues its order free. Meaux has a daily moving rate by parking zone.
The pages differ on who fits the signs, on furniture lifts and on the notice period, so one suburb's rule does not carry over to the next.
What do the other large suburb councils say?
These communes have no page of their own, because the text we read gives a notice period but no fee, or no usable rule. Populations are INSEE's 2023 legal populations.
Hauts-de-Seine. Nanterre (97,783) asks for any request that needs a municipal order at least three weeks ahead. Courbevoie (82,902) asks seven days ahead, and three weeks where traffic is affected. Asnières-sur-Seine (93,941) wants prior authorisation where a move affects traffic or parking. Antony (64,263) reserves places only on paid-parking streets, which carry street-use charges. Gennevilliers (50,979) says it issues no moving order.
Seine-Saint-Denis. Saint-Denis (149,077) asks for access to its pedestrian centre at least three working days ahead. Le Blanc-Mesnil (62,376) wants the request fifteen days ahead and bars lorries of 2.8 tonnes and over from parking in town, apart from industrial zones and shared car parks.
Val-de-Marne. Vitry-sur-Seine (93,963) asks three weeks ahead and leaves the signs to the applicant seven days before. Créteil (93,397) quotes an average of two weeks on town roads. Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (76,572) asks four weeks. Ivry-sur-Seine (65,064) says it makes no parking reservations.
Elsewhere. Argenteuil (106,130, Val-d'Oise) takes a form with a signed promise to pay the street tax. Versailles (84,095, Yvelines) wants the online request fifteen days ahead and refunds payment in full if it is refused. Massy (51,729, Essonne) recommends fifteen days. Chelles (54,620, Seine-et-Marne) is on the Meaux page.
What is not yet confirmed around Paris?
No permit page could be read for Boulogne-Billancourt (119,019) or Montreuil (111,934), and several other councils would not open for us, so we state no lead time, fee or sign rule for them. Ask the council of the commune where the lorry will stand.
Ask the council of the commune where the lorry will stand whether a parking order is needed, how many days ahead, what it costs and who fits the signs. Ask the removal company whether its vehicle needs a Crit’Air sticker for your address, and whether the road is one of those on the State form. The Channel leg is in the guide to removals from the UK to France, and duty relief on your belongings in the France customs page.
Quick answers on moving around Paris
Is Versailles inside the Grand Paris low-emission zone?
Not on the Métropole's list of 77 communes, read on 2 November 2026.
Argenteuil, Cergy and Évry-Courcouronnes are not on it either. Versailles asks for its online request fifteen days ahead.
Which suburbs are only partly inside the zone?
The list marks Vitry-sur-Seine, Colombes, Gennevilliers, Drancy, Clamart, Bobigny, Maisons-Alfort, Bondy, Montreuil, Créteil and Champigny-sur-Marne as partly included, without naming the streets.
How much kerb does a lorry need in Seine-Saint-Denis?
On the State form, 10 metres for a small lorry under 20 cubic metres and 20 metres for a large one on the roadway.
On existing bays it is two and three bays.
Describe your move around Paris
Give the UK collection address, the French commune and street, the dates under consideration and the volume of the load. Note any furniture lift and the vehicle you expect.
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