Lyon ZFE Crit'Air rules, hours, fines and visitor tips

Look at the sticker first. Since 1 January 2025 the Metropole bans Crit'Air 5, 4, 3 and unclassified vehicles. The zone runs 7 days a week and 24 hours a day.

The area is not only the centre. It includes Lyon, the parts of Caluire-et-Cuire, Villeurbanne, Bron and Vénissieux inside the ring road, plus the M6, the M7, the northern ring road and the Laurent Bonnevay boulevard. A bypass on those roads is still inside the zone.

A car that may drive is one that is not on the banned list: in practice a Crit'Air 0, 1 or 2, with the sticker on the windscreen. Without a sticker, the page says you cannot drive in the ZFE.

The Metropole points to its ZFE site for the detail. The rules are still in force.

If you do not follow the rules, the fine runs from €68 to €135 depending on the type of vehicle.

It does not come from a rental contract.

The regulation is still in force.

You decide with today's sticker, not with the idea that a law has already removed the zone.

The rule that was read does not split residents from visitors: it bans the same stickers in the same area, day and night.

If the car does not have the right sticker, leave it before the ring road and finish by public transport. The Metropole page names collective transport and park-and-ride among the options, without a price.

Two exemptions are described as already created for a Crit'Air 3: the “petit rouleur”, for 52 days of driving, and “Actif Crit'Air 3: horaires décalés”, since December 2024. You apply for them on zfe.grandlyon.com. They do not remove the need for the sticker, and a car that is only passing through does not get them by itself. The “ressources” exemption is announced: you cannot use it to enter.