French overseas possessions registrations Map Dating plates
Departments
: Guadeloupe - Martinique
- French Guyana
- Réunion (separate
page)
- Mayotte
Collectivities : Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - Saint-Barthélemy
- Saint-Martin
Territories : Kerguelen (FSAT) - New
Caledonia
- French Polynesia - Wallis
and Futuna
The four overseas departments (971 to 974) used in the former system three serial letters with a three numerals department code, that is too much for 520 mm wide license plates. After having limited the serial number to two numerals (for example 56 ABL 971), the creation of the national file of registrations in 1993 made compulsory the use of three numerals serial numbers. A French order ("arrêté") on 01/07/1996 (JO of 17/07/1996), applicated from 01/10/1996, authorized the overstacking of the digits 9 and 7 of the department code to reduce the number of characters to eight.
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Normal
series:
Series of up to two numerals and one serial letter from
1950
: 1 A 971 to 99 Z 971
Series of up to two numerals and two serial letters from the beginning
of 1952 : 1
AA 971 to 99 PZ 971
Series of up to three numerals (two or three numerals later) and
two serial letters from 23 December 1966 : 1
QA
971 to 999 ZX 971
Series of two numerals and three serial letters from 17
July 1992 : 11 AAA 971 to 99
AKK 971
--> National file of
license plates
numbers
Series of two or three numerals and three
serial
letters from 23 September 1993 : 11
AKL 971
to 999 AZZ 971
Series of two or three numerals and three serial
letters from 11 September 2008 to 13 October 2009 : 11
BAA 971
to 891
BAP 971 (last number issued)
-->
SIV
Series of two serial letters, three numerals and
two serial letters from 15 April 2009 : AA-570-AE (first number issued localy)
- Historical sheet from 1999 to 2009
Official
series :
Series of five numerals (common of the four overseas
departments 971 to 974) from 1946? : 10001
DZ
to 54201 DZ (maximum reported)
Series of four numerals and one serial letter from 2
January 1992 to 31 December 2008 : 971D-1001A
to 971D-3161A (maximum seen)
-->
SIV
Special
series :
Garages :
Series of up to three numerals : 1 W 971
to 647 W 971 (14/04/2009 and last number
issued)
-->
SIV W series
Exportations
inside the European Union :
Series of up to four numerals and one serial letter
(between
W and L) from 16 March 2006 to 13 October 2009 : 1
WAL
971 and 2 WAL 971
(last number issued)
-->
SIV
Normal
series :
Series of up to two numerals and one serial letter from
1950
: 1 A 972 to 99 Z 972
Series of up to two numerals and two serial letters : 1
AA 972 to 99 PS 972
Series of up to three numerals (two and three numerals later) and
two serial letters from 15 July 1966 : 1
PT 972
to 999 ZZ 972
Series of two numerals and three serial letters from 5 May 1992 : 11
AAA 972 to 99
AMM 972
--> National file of
license plates
numbers
Series of two or three numerals and three
serial
letters from 20 September 1993 : 11
AMN 972
to 999 AZZ 972
Series of two or three numerals and three serial
letters from 24 July 2006 to 13 October 2009 : 11
BAA 972
to 489
BCQ 972 (last number issued)
-->
SIV
Series of two serial letters, three numerals and
two serial letters from 15 April 2009 : AA-050-AG (first number issued localy)
- Historical sheet from 1999 to 2009
Trucks have as peculiarity to carry an addition plate, with various colors, starting with TD or TP and followed by a town name.
Official
series :
Series of five numerals (common of the four overseas
departments 971 to 974) from 1946? : 10001
DZ
to 54201 DZ (maximum reported)
Series of four numerals and one serial letter from 2
January 1992 to 31 December 2008 : 972D-1001A
to 972D-3346A (maximum seen)
-->
SIV
Special
series :
Garages :
Series of up to three numerals : 1 W 972
to 664
W 972 (14/04/2009 and last number issued)
-->
SIV W series
Temporary
transits (white/red)
:
Series of up to three numerals and two serial letters from
2 January 1994 to 14 April 2009 : 1
TAA 972 (13/09/1999
and single number issued)
-->
SIV, « vehicle in temporary transit » use
Exportations
inside the European
Union :
Series of up to four numerals and one serial letter
(between
W and L) from 6 March 2007 to 13 October 2009 : 1
WAL 972 to 20
WAL 972 (last number issued)
-->
SIV
Diplomatic
series :
The consular plates are used as in the mother country, like
06
C 38.972 or 06 C 40.972
(06 is for the
USA), in white/green.
Normal
series (italic
text is to be confirmed) :
Series of up to two numerals and one serial letter from
12 July 1950 : 1 A 973 to 99
Z 973
Series of up to two numerals (two numerals later) and two serial
letters from 5 March 1960 : 1 AA 973
à 99
ZZ 973
Series of three numerals only (100 to 999) and two serial letters
from 4 May 1987 : 100 AA 973
to 195 AQ
973
Series of three numerals only (100 to 999)
from 18 October 1989 : 100 ZZ 973
to 33x ZZ
973 (including the numbers 196
to 259 AQ 973)
Series of three numerals only (100 to 999) and two serial letters
from 12 November 1989 : 260 AQ 973
to 588 AR 973
Series of three numerals only (100 to 999) from 2 January 1990
: 33x
ZZ 973 to 999 ZZ 973
Series of two numerals and three serial letters from 14
February 1990 : 11 AAA 973 to 99
AKR 973
--> National file of license plates
numbers
Series of two or three numerals and three
serial
letters from 28 September 1993 to 13 October 2009 : 11
AKS 973 to 542
AQG 973
(last number issued)
-->
SIV
Series of two serial letters, three numerals and
two serial letters from 15 April 2009 : AA-421-AD (first number issued localy)
- Historical
sheet from 1999 to 2009
Official
series :
Series of five numerals (common of the four overseas
departments 971 to 974) from 1946? : 10001
DZ
to 54201 DZ (maximum reported)
Series of four numerals and one serial letter from 2
January 1992 to 31 December 2008 : 973D-1001A
to 973D-2497A (maximum seen)
-->
SIV
Special
series :
Garages :
Series of up to three numerals : 1 W 973
to 325 W
973 (14/04/2009 and last number issued)
-->
SIV W series
Diplomatic
series :
The Surinamese consular license plates have a special
format.
Indeed, the numbers 50 C1.973 Z, 52
C1.973
Z and 54 C1.973 Z have
been reported.
The serial number is before the letter C at the normal position
of the country code.
In opposite, the French Guyana ESA site uses the right format : the number 405 CD 5-973 was reported.
974 — Réunion
- Historical sheet from 1998 to
2009
SPM / 975 — Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Normal
series :
Series of up to three numerals from the beginning of the 20th
century : 1 to at least 217
(25/11/1950)
Series of up to four numerals from 2 January 1952 : 1
SPM to 9999 SPM
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from
7 December 2000 : SPM 1 A
to SPM 999 A
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 4
December 2003 : SPM 1 B
to SPM 999 B
Series
of up to three numerals and one letter from 23 July 2007 : SPM
1 C
to SPM 999 C
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 15 April 2010 : SPM
1 E to SPM 999 E (no D
series)
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 20 September 2012 : SPM
1 F to SPM 999 F
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 5 June 2015 : SPM
1 G to SPM 999 G
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 15 November 2017 : SPM
1 H to SPM 999 H
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 13 October 2020 : SPM
1 J to SPM 729 J
(30/12/2022)
- Historical
sheet from 1952 up to now
Nota : the current format (SPM 000 A) is an exemption allowed by the French Home Office (the inhabitants wanted to keep the SPM letters on their license plates), because the normal format foreseen was 000 A 975 (11 A 975 to 999 Z 975).
Official
series :
Series of up to three numerals from 2 January 1952
: D 1 SPM to D 351 SPM
Series of four numerals and one serial letter from 2
January 1992 to 31 December 2008 : 975D-1001A
to 975D-1305A (maximum seen)
-->
normal SPM series
Nota : the number 975N-1265A has been pictured in Saint-Pierre. It's the first report of the use of the letter N in the overseas departments and collectivities.
Normal
series :
Series of up to two numerals : 1 MTE to 99
MTE (to be confirmed)
Series of up to two numerals and one serial letter from 27
September 1976 : 1
A MTE to 99 Z MTE (05/02/1986)
--> Gap between dates to be explain
(05/02/1986 - 30/04/1987)
Series of two or three numerals and two serial letters from 30
April 1987 to 19 December 1989 : 11 AA MTE
to 71 AC
MTE
(last number issued)
--> Computerization
Series of two or three numerals and one serial letter from
2 January 1990 : 11 A 976
to 999 Z 976
Series of two or three numerals and two serial letters from
6 November 2003 to 5 January 2005 : 11 AA
976 to 999 AC 976
--> National file of license plates
numbers
Series of two to four numerals and two
serial letters from 9 December 2004 : 11
AD 976 to 9999 AD 976
Series of two to four numerals and two serial letters from 8 February
2008 to 13 October 2009 : 11 AE 976 to 5560 AE 976
(last number issued)
-->
SIV
Series of two serial letters, three numerals and
two serial letters from 15 April 2009 : AA-737-AK (first number issued localy)
- Historical sheet from 1990 to
2009
Official
series :
Series of up to two numerals from 1976 : from 1
D MTE
(to be confirmed)
Series of four numerals and one serial letter from 2
January 1992 to 31 December 2008 : 976D-1001A
to 976D-1357A (maximum seen)
-->
SIV (temporarily
without regional logo above the 976)
Special
series :
Garages :
Series of up to three numerals from 1976 : from 1
W
MTE
Series of up to three numerals from 2
January 1990 to 14 April 2009 : 1 W 976
to 922 W 976
(last number issued)
-->
SIV W series
Provisional
:
Series of up to three numerals from 1976 : from 1
WW
MTE
Series of up to three numerals (with one serial letter
if necessary), reissued each year, from 2
January 1990
: 1 WW 976 to 999 WW 976
and 1
WWA 976 to 112 WWA 976
(seen
in December 2004)
Series of up to four numerals, reissued each year, from 2005?
to 14 April 2009 : 1 WW 976 to 1020 WW 976
(seen
in January 2009)
-->
SIV WW series
Exportations
outside and inside the European
Union :
Series of up to four numerals and one serial letter
(between
W and E) from 2005 to 13 October 2009 : 1 WAE
976 to 618
WAE 976
(last number issued)
Series of up to four numerals and one serial letter (between
W and L) until 13 October 2009 : 1 WAL
976 (single number issued)
-->
SIV (temporarily
without regional logo above the 976)
Temporary
transits (to be
confirmed - white/red) :
Issuing in the normal series from 1976 until 1989? : example
known 23
S MTE
Normal
series :
Series of up to four prefixed numerals from 1962 to 16 June
1978 : 971
SB 1 to 971 SB 1454
--> swapping without sequence
discontinuity
Series of four suffixed numerals from 16 June 1978 : 1455
SB 971
to 9999 SB 971
Series of two to four numerals from 15 May 1995 : 11
ZY 971
to 9999 ZY 971
Series of two or three numerals and one serial letter from 30
April 2007 to 29 February 2008 : 11 ZYA 971
to 933 ZYA 971 (last number issued)
-->
change of the registration after Saint-Barthélémy
became an overseas
collectivity
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 3 March 2008 : 1 A to 999 A
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 15 December 2008 : 1 B to 999 B
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 3 November 2009 : 1 C to 999 C
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 27 October 2010 : 1 D to 999 D
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 25 July 2011 : 1 E to 999 E
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 16 March 2012 : 1 F to 999 F
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 26 December 2012 : 1 G to 999 G
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 28 November 2013 : 1 H to 999 H
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 31 October 2014 : 1 J to 999 J
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 30 June 2015 : 1 K to 999 K
No L series
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 4 January 2016 : 1 M to 999 M
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 14 November 2016 : 1 N to 999 N
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 9 June 2017 : 1 P to 999 P
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 28 December 2017 : 1 Q to 999 Q
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 22 June 2018 : 1 R to 999 R
No S series
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 30 November 2018 : 1 T to 999 T
No U series
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 3 June 2019 : 1 V to 999 V
Series W reserved
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 26 November 2019 : 1 X to 999 X
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 4 August 2020 : 1 Y to 999 Y
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 3 March 2021 : 1 Z to 999 Z
Series of up to three numerals and two letters from 15 November 2021 : 1 AA to 999 AA
Series of up to three numerals and two letters from 3 May 2022 : 1 AB to 999 AB
Series of up to three numerals and two letters from 25 November 2022 : 1 AC to 356 AC (28/12/2022)
- Historical
sheet from 1979 up to now
Special
series :
Garages
:
Series of up to three numerals and one letter from 2008
: 1 W
to 42 W
(24/05/2022)
Series of up to three numerals and three letters from 26 June 2008 : 1 SPE to 246 SPE (07/10/2022)
Nota
: For the
second format, in some cases, the SB letters has followed 971
Since 21
February 2007, Saint-Barthélémy is a new
overseas collectivity and the "department" code is now 977 since
1 January 2008.
Normal
series :
Series of up to four prefixed numerals from 1950?
: 971 SM 1 to 971 SM xxxx
--> swapping between
numbers 971 SM 2971 and 3999 SM 971
Series of four suffixed numerals from 1979 : xxxx SM 971
to
9999 SM 971
Series of two to four numerals from 1987 : 11 ZA 971
à
9999 ZA 971
Series of two to four numerals from 1993 : 11 ZZ 971
à
9999 ZZ 971
Series of two or three numerals and two serial letters from 16
December 1996 : 11 ZAA 971 to 999
ZAZ 971
Series of two or three numerals and two serial letters from 25
August 2006 to 31 May 2010 : 11 ZBA 971
to 500
ZBJ 971 (last number issued)
-->
change of the registration (numbers issued to each owner instead of
vehicles) after Saint-Martin became an overseas
collectivity
Series
of four numerals, a hyphen and three letters from 8 June 2010 : 0001-AAA
to 9999-AAA
Series of four numerals, a hyphen and three letters from 10 February
2011 : 0011-AAB (numbers 0001 to 0010 not
issued) to 9999-AAB
Series of four numerals, a hyphen and three letters from 23 April 2014
: 0001-AAC to 9999-AAC
Series of four numerals, a hyphen and three letters from 14 August 2018
: 0001-AAD to 5957-AAD
(31/12/2020)
- Historical
sheet from 1999 up to now
Official
series :
Series
of four numerals, a hyphen and three letters from 8 June 2010 : 0001-COM
to 0120-COM
(12/09/2019)
Special
series :
Garages :
Series of one letter, a hyphen and four digits from 8
June 2010 : W-0001 to W-0032
(15/03/2019)
Buses
:
Series of four numerals (license number of the company), a
hyphen and
three letters from 8 June 2010 : 1020-BUS
(observation)
Taxis
:
Series of four numerals (license number of the taxi
driver), a hyphen and
three letters from 8 June 2010 : 0162-TXI
(observation)
Nota
: the Dutch
part of the island, St-Marteen, uses plates with American size
and style.
Since 21 February 2007, Saint-Martin is a new
overseas collectivity and the "department" code is now 978 since
1 January 2008.
KER — Kerguelen, FSAT (French South and Antarctical Territory)
Only some vehicles (around twenty) are "registered" in Port-aux-Français on the Kerguelen islands, none on the Crozet islands, on the Terre Adélie or on the Amsterdam island (St-Paul is uninhabitated). These registrations have begun with the first touristical tours at the beginning of the 90's. K and KER are the distinctives signs of the Kerguelen islands license plates (at least up to 1996).
Normal
series :
None, all vehicules belong to the FSAT administration.
Official
series :
Series of one numeral and two numerals (the first indicate
the vehicle type) end of the 60's, beginning of the 70's : K
000 (see Note 1 below)
Series of four numerals (coding unknown) in the 80's
and
the beginning of the 90's : KER CS 0000
and 0000
ST KER (see Note 2 below)
Series of two numerals for the year followed by the last four digits of
the chassis number of the vehicle, from 1996 : 00 0000,
000 000 and 000000
(see Note 3 below)
Official
series
foreseen but never used :
Series of two numerals (for the year) and two serial
numerals
reissued each year from 28 February 1996 : KER
00 00 (example : KER 96 01)
It was also foreseen that imported used vehicles have in reduce
size the month and the year of the former registration at the
right of the plate.
When the FSAT central
service was in Paris, some officials vehicles were also
registered with the Kerguelen system with a code after the KER
prefix : AS = Administrateur
Supérieur, CS
= Chief of Station and CD = Chief of
District.
Note
1
:
A weblink (http://www.amaepf.fr/ker18/html/Notes/noteDeService40.html) showed the registration rules
of the
vehicles in Port-aux-Français in a service note written on
10 January 1969. We learn that the
format K
000 was in use, with K for Kerguelen, a numeral from 1
to 4 for the vehicle type (1=light vehicule, 2=Dodge 4x4, 3=GMC
et 4=G.B.C.8) followed by two serial numerals for each type.
Have been registered :
- Renault 4L (K 101 to K 104)
and diesel Jeep (K 108 and K
109)
- Dodge 4x4 (K 201 and K 203)
- GMC (K 301 to K 309)
and a
tank GMC (K 310)
- two G.B.C.8 (K 403 and K
404)
Note
2 :
For these two formats, four numbers are known :
- KER CS 1301
- KER CS 1302 (grey Renault Express)
- 1307 ST KER
- 1309 ST KER (white Renault Supercinq)
Note
3 :
Recent pictures show the following
numbers :
- 962055 (white Renault Express)
- 97 2004 (white Lada Niva 4x4)
- 976 553 (white Renault Trafic)
- 993052 (white Renault Trafic)
- 993149 (white Renault Express)
- 993289 (white Renault Express
ÉDK -
Électricité
De Kerguelen :-)
- 00 1674 (white Renault Kangoo)
- 01 0606 (white Suzuki Samurai)
- 02 0500 (white Renault Kangoo)
- 02 0792 (white Renault Master)
- 03 0329 (white Renault Kangoo)
- 203001 (red Renault fire truck)
- 203044 (white Renault Trafic)
The first two numerals of the eleven first numbers show the year (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003). The four other numerals are the last four digits of the chassis number of the vehicle.
In addition, many plates have the French euroband. So, it seems that the plates are made and put on the Réunion island before the vehicles boarding to the Kerguelen islands. Indeed, some vehicules have no plates in Port-aux-Français.
Normal
series :
Series of up to four numerals from 30 May 1914 : 1
W to 6685 W
Series of up to six numerals from 1 April 1953
: 1 NC to 457130 NC (31/12/2022)
- Historical sheet from 1953 up to now
Official
series :
Issued in the normal series, but with black/blue plates.
Mopeds
(> 50 cc and < 125
cc) :
Series of up to three numerals and one serial letter from 28
July 1958 : 1 A to 999
Z
Series of up to three numerals and two serial
letters from 12 July 1991 : 1 AA to 165 AR (31/12/2022)
Agricultural
series :
Series of up to four numerals from 2 January 1956 : A 1
to A 2836 (31/12/2022)
Normal
series :
Series of up to four numerals and one serial letter from 15
April 1954 : 1 A to 9999
C
Series of up to six numerals from 2 May 1973
: 1
P to 279254 P (30/12/2022)
- Historical sheet from 2001 up to now
Official
series :
All
services (series D and E combined) :
Series of up to four numerals and one letter from 21 January 1954 to 10
June 1994 : 1
D to 4810
D (last number issued) - number 1000 E issued
on 26 September 1967 for example
Territorial
administration (separate series D from series E) :
Series of four numerals and one letter from 10 June 1994 : 4811
D to 7874 D
(16/12/2022)
State
services (separate series E from series D) :
Series
of four numerals and one letter from 10 June 1994 :
4812 E to 5942 E
(21/12/2022)
Diplomatic
series :
Chinese Consulate only :
Series of three numerals (code 226, similar to the code 26
used in
metropolitan France), two letters (CC) and one or two numerals
from 6 May 2009 : 226 CC 1
to 226 CC 10
(10/01/2014)
Two-wheeled vehicles series :
Less than 100 cc :
Series of up to four numerals and one letter (F, G, H, J, K, T, V and X) from 15 April 1964 to 31 January 2006: 1 F to 9606 X (last number issued)
Series of up to four numerals, one letter (Z) and one serial letter from 1 February 2006 : 1 ZA to 9999 ZA
Series of up to four numerals, one letter (Z) and one serial letter from 5 July 2011 : 1 ZB to 9999 ZB
Series of up to four numerals, one letter (Z) and one serial letter from 9 August 2017 : 1 ZC to 9999 ZC
Series ZD and ZE not issued
Series of up to four numerals, one letter (Z) and one serial letter from 25 March 2021 : 1 ZF to 4953 ZF (30/12/2022)
Over 100 cc :
Series of up to four numerals and one letter (M, N, R and S) from 15 April 1964 to 31 January 2006 : 1 M to 9634 S (last number issued)
Series of up to four numerals, one letter (Y) and one serial letter from 1 February 2006 : 1 YA to 9999 YA
Series of up to four numerals, one letter (Y) and one serial letter from 5 February 2014 : 1 YB to 9999 YB
Series of up to four numerals, one letter (Y) and one serial letter from 19 August 2021 : 1 YC to 3171 YC (30/12/2022)
Normal
series :
Series of four numerals prefixed numerals (with leading
zeros) from
September 1967 : WF 0101 to WF
0399
Series of four numerals
prefixed
numerals from December 1974 : WF
1000 to WF 1157
Series of four or five numerals suffixed numerals from 2 January 1977 : 1158
WF to 11106 WF (29/12/2022)
- Historical
sheet from 1972 up to now
Nota : after 1977, it seems that all previous numbers were reissued by suffixing the issuing number.
Official
series :
Series of four prefixed numerals (with leading zeros) from
September 1967 : WF 0001 to WF
0100
After ending the former series, registration in the normal series.
Two-wheeled
vehicles series :
Series of four prefixed numerals (with leading zeros) from
September 1967 : WF 0400 to WF
0xxx
Series of three suffixed numerals from 2 January 1977
: xxx WF to 999 WF
Series of up to two numerals and one serial letter from December
1982 : 1A-WF to 99Z-WF
Series of one numeral and two serial letters from 2000 : 1AZ-WF
to 3SJ-WF
(31/12/2001 - last number unknown)
Series
of one numeral and two serial letters from 2002 : 1AA-WF
to 6HA-WF (14/12/2022)
Nota
: for the penultimate format, the two serial letters
moved as an opposite way :
- 1AZ-WF to 9AZ-WF
- 1BY-WF to 9BY-WF
- 1CX-WF to 9CX-WF
- etc.
Reserved
numbers in the actual
format :
- Chief Administrator ("Préfet" in French) : 1
WF
- General Secretary of the Territory : 2 WF
- Wallis king : 100 WF
Jean-François Zuraw