Here are the cities that made parking free during lockdown

Fines for exceeding the parking time are not to be feared in some cities during this period of confinement. Several announced that parking would indeed be free and for an unlimited period. The smartphone payment service “PayByPhone” lists these cities on its Facebook page, spotted Caradisiac : a total of several dozen municipalities have introduced this exceptional measure. Paris was one of the first cities to make this decision on March 16, even before the announcement of Emmanuel Macron’s containment measures.

The City of Paris explained that it had taken this decision “in order to allow all the personnel mobilized in the management of the crisis to be able to park near their workplace and to facilitate home visits.” Lille, Marseille , Bordeaux and Lyon have also made parking free during confinement. Note, however, that the police can always sanction you with a fine of 135 euros in the event of inconvenient parking. As a reminder, the authorities also ask to restrict as much as possible during confinement, whether on foot or by car.

This measure only concerns surface car parks. Many underground car parks are closed during this period of confinement in large cities, except for subscribers. The operator Indigo, present in 60 French cities, announced on his side that its 250 underground car parks would be accessible free of charge for nursing staff. For this, a request must be made online, with proof of employment. Q Park, Indigo’s main competitor, has not yet communicated on the matter.

Here is the list of cities where parking is free:

Ajaccio, Amiens, Angers, Annecy, Antony, Asnières-sur-Seine, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Avignon, Bagneux, Bastia, Bayonne, Beauvais, Belfort, Béziers, Boulogne-Billancourt, Bourg-la-Reine, Cachan, Caen, Cahors, Calais, Charenton, Charleville-Mézières, Châlons-en-Champagne, Chantilly, Châtillon, Chaville, Clamart, Clichy, Cogolin, Colmar, Colombes, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Courbevoie, Douai, Draguignan, Dunkirk, Epernay, Epinal, Étampes, Evian-les-Bains, Fontainebleau, Garches, Guérande, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ivry-sur-Seine, La Plagne, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Le Pré Saint-Gervais, La Rochelle, Lens, Lyon, Malakoff, Manosque, Mantes-la-Jolie, Marseille, Meaux, Melun, Menton, Meudon, Monaco, Montmorency, Montpellier, Montreuil, Montrouge, Nantes, Neuilly sur Seine, Nice, Noisy le Grand, Orléans, Paris, Périgueux, Puteaux, Rezé, Romans-sur-Isère, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud, Saint-Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Mandé, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Saint-Maur-d es-Fossées, Saint-Maurice, Saint-Ouen, Saintes, Sartrouville, Sceaux, Sèvres, Sète, Suresnes, Thonon-les-Bains, Toulon, Tours, Tulle, Vanves, Vaucresson, Ville d’Avray, Villejuif, Villeurbanne, Vincennes , Voiron

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