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The A9 autoroute (La Languedocienne/La Catalane) is a motorway in Southern France.
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| La Languedocienne La Catalane | |
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| Route information | |
Part of  E15  E80 | |
| Maintained by Vinci Autoroutes | |
| Length | 280.5 km (174.3 mi) |
| Existed | 1967–present |
| Major junctions | |
| East end |  21 Orange-Centre    E15 / E714 / A 7 / D 17 |
22 Roquemaure    N 580 / D 976 / D 6580
43 Le Boulou   D 115 / D 618A / D 900 | |
| West end |   E15 / AP-7 at Spanish border at Le Perthus |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Highway system | |
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The road forms part of the European route E15, as does the A9 road (Scotland). The road runs between Orange and Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales at the frontier with Spain where it becomes the Autopista AP-7.
The route passes the following major towns and cities Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), Narbonne (Aude), Béziers and Montpellier (Hérault), Nîmes (Gard) and Orange (Vaucluse) before joining the A7 autoroute (Marseille to Lyon). The route is 2x3 as far south as exit 41 (Perpignan-Nord); widening between exit 41 and the Spanish frontier is currently (2012) in progress.
The A9 autoroute was operated by the Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF), taken over in 2006 by Vinci Autoroutes. The cost of travelling the whole road through the Languedoc-Roussillon region in a car is 23.70 euros (from 1 February 2012).[1]
Montpellier
editAround Montpellier the road splits into the A9 and the A709, the latter of which is toll-free. Exits 28 to 32 (inclusive) of the A9 can be reached only from the A709. If one accidentally stays on the A9, the distance can be up to 35 km to the next exit.
Junctions
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A9-A7 Junction
21: (Orange) : town served Orange
Aires de repos : Roquemaure- 22: (Roquemaure) 14 km : towns served Roquemaure, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Avignon
Aire de Tavel- Aires de repos : Estézargues
- 23: (Remoulins) 29 km : towns served Remoulins and Avignon
- Aires de repos : Lédenon
- Aire de Marguerittes
- 24: (Nîmes-Est) 47 km : towns served Nîmes
- 25: (Nîmes-Ouest) 55 km : towns served Nîmes
- A9-A54Junction
- Aires de repos : Milhaud, Gard
- Aires de repos : Vergèze
- 26: (Gallargues) 73 km : towns served Aimargues and Aigues-Mortes
- Aire d'Ambrussum
- 27: (Lunel) 79 km : towns served Lunel
- Aires de repos : Nabrigas
- Aires de repos : Mas du Roux
Exits 28-32 (inclusive) are no longer on the main A9 (as of May 30, 2017); you have to follow *Montpellier* and get on the A709.
- (A709)
Péage - (A709) 28: (Vendargues) 90 km : towns served Vendargues and Montpellier
- (A709) Aires de repos : Saint-Aunès
- (A709) 29: (Montpellier-Est) 97 km : towns served Montpellier and La Grande-Motte
- (A709) 30: (Montpellier) 101 km : towns served Montpellier and Palavas-les-Flots
- (A709) 31: (Montpellier) 103 km : towns served Montpellier and Palavas-les-Flots
- (A709) 32: (Montpellier) 106 km : towns served Montpellier
- (A709) Péage
- (A709)
Exits 28-32 (inclusive) are no longer on the main A9 (as of May 30, 2017); you have to follow *Montpellier* and get on the A709.
- Aire de Montpellier-Fabrègues
- Aires de repos : Gigean
- 33: (Sète) 130 km : towns served Balaruc-le-Vieux and Sète
- Aires de repos : Mèze (Southbound), Loupian (Northbound)
- Aires de repos : Floransac
- 34: (Agde-Pézenas) 155 km : towns served Agde and Pézenas
- Aire de Béziers-Montblanc
- A9-A75 Junction: towns served Béziers
- 36: (Béziers-Ouest) 173 km : towns served Béziers
- Aires de repos : Lespignan
- Aire de Narbonne-Vinassan
- 37: (Narbonne-Est) 195 km : towns served Narbonne
- 38: (Narbonne-Sud) 198 km : towns served Narbonne
- A9-A61 Junction
- Aires de repos : Prat-de-Cest (Southbound), Bages (Northbound)
- 39: (Sigean) 215 km : towns served Sigean
- Aires de repos : Gasparets (Southbound), Sigean (Northbound)
- Aire de La Palme
- 40: (Leucate) 226 km : towns served Port-Leucate
- Aires de repos : Fitou
- Aires de repos : Château de Salses
- 41: (Perpignan-Nord) 248 km : towns served Rivesaltes, Port-Barcarès and Perpignan
- Aires de repos : Rivesaltes (Southbound), Pia (northbound)
- 42: (Perpignan-Sud) 262 km : towns served Perpignan and Bourg-Madame
- Aires de repos : Les Pavillons
- Aire Village Catalan
- 43: (Le Boulou) 275 km : towns served Le Boulou, Port-Vendres and Céret
- Péage
- Aires de repos : Les Contrôles
- Customs Post (French and Spanish), The A9 continues 1 km before becoming the AP-7
Spain
Gallery
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The A9 in Pyrénées-Orientales -
The A9 in Hérault -
The A9 in Gard
References
edit- ^ ASF: Tarifs applicable au 1er février Archived December 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine