List of border crossing points in France

The following is a list of border crossing points in France (French: points de passages frontaliers, or "PPF") forming the external border of the Schengen Area. By contrast, the term points de passages autorisés ("PPA") refers to the crossing points at the border between France and other Schengen countries (i.e. internal borders of the Schengen Area).

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Map of permanent border crossing points in France

At the main border crossing points that receive traffic from outside the Schengen Area, the Police aux Frontières carries out immigration checks, whilst Customs are responsible for customs checks. At smaller regional border crossing points that receive limited traffic from outside the Schengen Area, Customs are responsible for carrying out both immigration and customs checks.[1][2]

PARAFE self-service gates have been installed at a number of border crossing points to facilitate passage for eligible travellers (European Economic Area, Andorran, Monegasque, San Marinese and Swiss biometric passport holders aged 18 or over).

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Air borders
Border crossing point French agency responsible for checks Nature of presence Flights to/from outside the Schengen Area
Immigration Customs
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 Police aux frontières Customs Permanent Regular scheduled flights (London Southend)
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, 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, 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, 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 the juxtaposed controls at St Pancras railway station. 'LFT' stands for 'Liaison fixe transmanche' (literally Fixed cross-Channel link).

Metropolitan France's only land border with a non-Schengen country is with Andorra, while the Channel Tunnel forms a railway link with the United Kingdom. The overseas departments and territories of France are not part of the Schengen Area. French Guiana borders Brazil and Suriname, whereas Saint-Martin borders Sint Maarten.

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 the 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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Border crossing point French agency responsible for checks Nature of presence Trains to/from outside the Schengen Area
Immigration Customs
Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway station Customs Customs Seasonal
(beginning of December to mid-April)		 Seasonal Eurostar ski service
Calais Fréthun railway station Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Up to 3 Eurostar trains per day to/from London St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International.
Eurotunnel Calais Terminal, Coquelles Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Frequent Eurotunnel Shuttle services to/from Cheriton, Kent.
Lille Europe railway station Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Up to 10 Eurostar 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 Eurostar train per day to/from London St Pancras.
Moûtiers–Salins–Brides-les-Bains railway station Customs Customs Seasonal
(beginning of December to mid-April)		 Seasonal Eurostar ski service
Paris North railway station Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Up to 16 Eurostar trains per day to/from London St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International.
El Pas de la Casa Andorra road crossing Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent

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, Dunkirk 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, Dunkirk 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 French agency responsible for checks Nature of presence Ferries to/from outside the Schengen Area
Immigration Customs Company Foreign port(s)
Caen port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Brittany Ferries Portsmouth
Calais port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent DFDS Seaways and P&O Ferries Dover
Carteret port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Manche Îles Express Guernsey and Jersey
Cherbourg port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Brittany Ferries
Irish Ferries		 Poole and Portsmouth
Rosslare
Diélette port Customs Customs Permanent Manche Îles Express Alderney and Guernsey
Dieppe port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent DFDS Seaways Newhaven
Dunkirk port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent DFDS Seaways Dover
Granville port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Manche Îles Express Jersey
Le Havre port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent LD Lines Portsmouth
Marseille port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Algérie Ferries Algiers, Bejaia, Oran and Skikda
Roscoff port Customs Customs Permanent Brittany Ferries
Irish Ferries		 Cork and Plymouth
Rosslare
Saint Malo port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Brittany Ferries
Condor Ferries		 Portsmouth
Guernsey, Jersey, Poole, Weymouth
Sète port Police aux Frontières Customs Permanent Comarit Nador and Tangier

References
  1. Center for the Study of Democracy: Study to identify best practices on the cooperation between border guards and customs administrations working at the external borders of the EU
  2. "Circuler en sécurité en Europe : renforcer Schengen" (in French). Senate (France). 29 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020. la PAF a-t-elle vocation à se voir attribuer les PPF au « trafic permanent significatif en provenance de pays sources d'immigration ou qui possèdent une importance justifiant une présence policière et douanière permanente »
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