Driving in Mulhouse 2026: The ZFE Began on 1 May 2025
Mulhouse, France · ZFE
Mulhouse — the Alsatian city near the Swiss and German borders, an industrial centre with an extraordinary collection of museums, above all the Cité de l'Automobile, the largest car museum in the world, with its fabulous Bugatti collection — runs a Crit'Air ZFE (foreign cars included) with fines from around EUR 68 for cars. The centre is walkable with a tram. Park in a garage and walk; the museums and the Alsace wine route are the draws.
Locally the zone is called ZFE-m Mulhouse (France) — that is the wording on the boundary signs, on the official portal and on any penalty notice, so it is the phrase to search for once you are there.
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- Check your own car against Mulhouse — enter your fuel and Euro class, get a yes or no in one step.
- Belfort has a zone too — the nearest one to Mulhouse, and the rules are not identical.
- If a fine arrives after you get home — who pays on a hire car, and what is actually enforceable across borders.
Can your car enter Mulhouse?
Mulhouse’s ZFE launched on 1 May 2025, after the m2A authority pushed back its original January date, and now excludes diesels below Euro 3 and petrol cars below Euro 2, with fines from EUR 68 for cars. Order the Crit’Air sticker before arriving. The reward for parking and walking is the Cité de l’Automobile, the largest car museum on earth, built around the Schlumpf brothers’ Bugatti collection.
This page covers driving around Mulhouse. For the emission classes and zone boundary, see the Mulhouse ZFE details.
Crit’Air, park and walk (or visit by car)
Order the Crit’Air sticker ahead (certificat-air.gouv.fr); without it the ZFE fine is from EUR 68. Park in a garage or park-and-ride and use the tram for the centre; the major museums have their own parking. France’s limits: 50 km/h urban, 0.05% alcohol.
A tri-border base — rules change at each frontier
Mulhouse is minutes from Switzerland (vignette) and Germany (Umweltzone green sticker) — check the rules before crossing. Keep the car for the Alsace wine route, the Vosges and the borderlands, driven from a central garage.
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Winter tyres in France — 2026–27 season
Winter tyres are required in France whenever conditions are wintry — 1 Nov - 31 Mar (mountain law, designated departments).
- Tread minimum: 1.6 mm — France sets no separate winter figure.
- Accepted marking: M+S or 3PMSF
- Studded tyres: restricted
- Penalty: Not published by the French authorities. Note: the obligation is only enforceable where the B58/B59 signs have actually been installed (Code de la route art. D. 314-8).
In French the rule is pneus hiver, and snow chains are chaînes à neige — that is the wording on signs, in hire-car paperwork and on any penalty notice.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Mulhouse'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. Note that Mulhouse is near the Swiss and German borders, where different rules apply, so check before crossing.
It's the largest car museum in the world, in Mulhouse, built around the astonishing Schlumpf collection — hundreds of historic cars including the greatest gathering of Bugattis anywhere, among them the legendary Bugatti Royales. For anyone interested in cars it's a pilgrimage. The museum has its own parking, and it's one of several major museums in this industrially rich city, including the railway and printed-textile museums.
Use a central garage or a park-and-ride on the tram and ride in. Mulhouse has a tram network and a compact centre around the historic Place de la Réunion. The major museums, including the Cité de l'Automobile, have their own parking on the edge of the city. Parking once and using the tram or driving to each museum's car park is the easy way around.
Yes — Mulhouse sits in southern Alsace very close to both the Swiss border (Basel is about 35 km away) and the German border, in the tri-border region. This means rules, tolls and emission zones change quickly as you cross — Switzerland needs a motorway vignette, Germany has green-sticker Umweltzonen. It's a convenient base for exploring three countries, but check the requirements for wherever you're driving.
Not for the city — the compact centre and tram cover it, and the museums have their own parking. A car helps for the Alsace wine route and villages to the north, the Vosges mountains, and the tri-border region toward Basel and Germany, driven from a central garage. Remember the rules change at each nearby border.
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