After a first series in 2021 (Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Montpellier, Roue, Reims, Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Clermont-Ferrand and Strasbourg), Dijon Métropole has been part of it since 1is January 2025, of the second wave of French cities integrated into the ZFE club (low emissions zones), with around twenty other cities such as Nantes, Orléans, Toulon, Pau, Metz and even Lille.
An exemption for the most polluting vehicles, for the moment…
According to the law, these ZFEs impose traffic restrictions on the most polluting vehicles in towns with more than 150,000 inhabitants. With nuances, however, depending on the level of pollution observed on site. Concerning Dijon, the demarcated area includes 140,000 inhabitants, spread over ten municipalities which are not covered in their entirety: Dijon, Chenôve, Ahuy, Longvic, Marsannay-la-Côte, Daix, Plombières-lès-Dijon, Saint-Apollinaire, Fontaine-lès-Dijon and Talant. The Eastern ring road and the LiNo being excluded.
In fact, this entry into force should have excluded from the Dijon ZFE all vehicles labeled Crit'air5 +. That is to say the most polluting. But in view of the few cars that this represents and the air quality in the Dijon area, considered “good”, the metropolitan elected officials have activated an exemption, as the law authorizes them to do, in order not to exclude any ZFE vehicle. Consequently, everyone will be able to continue, despite the law, to travel within Dijon Métropole. At least until 1is January 2026, the expiry date of the exemption.
