Évreux ZFE 2026: Crit'Air Guards a Cathedral Bombed Twice
Évreux, France · ZFE
Évreux — the capital of the Eure département in Normandy, on the little river Iton, with a fine cathedral (Notre-Dame) renowned for its centuries-spanning architecture and its beautiful stained glass, a former bishop's palace housing a museum, pretty riverside walks where the Iton threads through the town, and the resilience of a city heavily bombed in both world wars and rebuilt — runs a Crit'Air ZFE (foreign cars included) with fines from around EUR 68 for cars. The centre is walkable. Park and walk; the cathedral, the riverside and the Norman countryside are the draws.
Can your car enter Évreux?
Évreux’s ZFE requires a Crit’Air windscreen sticker for every car, foreign-registered ones included, ordered ahead by post; without it a fine from EUR68 applies. The reward for parking and walking in is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame, rebuilt after being bombed in both 1940 and 1944 yet still holding centuries-spanning stained glass, plus the bishop’s-palace museum and quiet walks where the Iton splits through the town.
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Crit’Air, park and walk
Order the Crit’Air sticker ahead (certificat-air.gouv.fr); without it the ZFE fine is from EUR 68. Park and walk to the cathedral (with its stained glass), the bishop’s-palace museum and the Iton riverside. France’s limits: 50 km/h urban, 0.05% alcohol.
When the car helps
Keep it for the Eure and Normandy — the Seine valley abbeys, Giverny (Monet’s garden), the countryside and onward to Rouen or the coast — driven from a central car park.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Évreux's ZFE requires a Crit'Air windscreen sticker for all cars, including foreign-registered ones, with the most polluting classes restricted. Order it ahead from the official site (certificat-air.gouv.fr), as it arrives by post. Driving in the zone without a valid sticker risks a fine from around EUR 68 for cars. The walkable centre means most visitors park near the centre and walk in.
The Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Évreux is the city's great monument, a building that grew over many centuries and so blends Romanesque, Gothic, Flamboyant and Renaissance styles, with a richly decorated exterior and, above all, a celebrated collection of medieval and Renaissance stained glass that fills it with coloured light. Repaired after war damage, it remains a beautiful and rewarding cathedral to visit, in the walkable centre near the river.
Beyond the cathedral, Évreux has a former bishop's palace (now the town's museum, with archaeology and fine arts), the medieval Tour de l'Horloge belfry, and pleasant green riverside walks where the river Iton splits into channels through the town. Heavily bombed in 1940 and 1944 and much rebuilt, the city mixes surviving old buildings with reconstruction. It's a pleasant, walkable Norman town and a base for the surrounding countryside.
Use a car park near the centre, with the Crit'Air sticker for the ZFE, then walk. The centre around the cathedral, the bishop's palace museum and the riverside walks is walkable. Parking once and walking is the easy way around, keeping the car for the surrounding Eure countryside and the wider Normandy.
Not for the compact centre, which is walkable, and Évreux is on the rail line from Paris. A car helps for exploring the Eure and Normandy around it — the Seine valley with its abbeys and Giverny (Monet's garden), the historic towns, the Norman countryside and manor houses, and onward toward Rouen or the coast — driven from a central car park rather than used in the ZFE centre.
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