The Route nationale 20 (N20) is a trunk road ( nationale ) between Paris and the frontier with Spain heading south through the heart of France and passing through the Cathedral City of Orléans and Toulouse. The road forks at Col de Puymorens with one branch being the Route nationale 22 which leads to Andorra . In winter, avalanches sometimes close the road.
23-562: (Redirected from N-20 ) N20 may refer to: Roads [ edit ] Route nationale 20 , in France N20 road (Ireland) Navajo Route 20 , in Arizona, United States Other uses [ edit ] N20 (Long Island bus) BMW N20 , an automobile engine EFW N-20 , a Swiss jet fighter aircraft London Buses route N20 Nitrogen-20 , an isotope of nitrogen Toyota Hilux (N20) ,
46-426: A Japanese pickup truck N20, a postcode district in the N postcode area See also [ edit ] N2O (disambiguation) , with a letter O in place of a zero 20N (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
69-468: A design center. The fab had been founded by IBM in 1964. In 1999 it was transferred into a joint venture between IBM and Infineon , operating under the name Altis Semiconductor . In 2010 it was sold to Yazid Sabeg for one symbolic Euro. X-Fab acquired the assets of insolvent Altis in 2016. Safran Aircraft Engines has a plant in Corbeil. Corbeil-Essonnes is served by Corbeil-Essonnes station which
92-551: A powerful county, which passed to Mauger , son of Richard I of Normandy . William de Corbeil (died 1136) became archbishop of Canterbury , but nothing is known for certain about his parentage. The Gothic church was built in the tenth century and rebuilt in the fifteenth century. Before the expulsion of the Jews Corbeil had a flourishing Jewish community, which numbered thirteenth-century scholars Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil and Perez ben Elijah . Peter of Corbeil (died 1222)
115-640: Is on the junction of the Autoroutes A62, A68 (to Albi ), A64 (to Pau and Bayonne ) and the N88 and N124. The road leaves the city centre to the south on the west bank of the River Garonne. At Pinsaguel the road crosses the river and follows the river Ariège and its valley to the south east. The countryside is a mix of open countryside and rolling hills. The road meets the A66 autoroute at Pamiers . South of Pamiers
138-739: The Col de Puymorens (1920 m). The N22 leads in a series of hairpins to the south west and Andorra , crossing the Pas de la Casa (2,085m) or the alternative Túnel d'Envalira . The RN320 now crosses the pass de Puymorens, while the RN20 heads through the Tunnel du Puymorens rather than taking the pass, and heads down to Bourg-Madame . The road then enters Spain and becomes the N-152 (Carretera) (E09) towards Barcelona . The N116 heads north east from Bourg Madame to Perpignan along
161-671: The First Civil War . In 1590 General Alessandro Farnese , who had come to the assistance of the Catholics in France, fought at Corbeil. The composer Camille Saint-Saëns lived in Corbeil for some years of his youth. The commune of Corbeil-Essonnes was created on 10 August 1951 by the merger of the commune of Corbeil with the commune of Essonnes. The commune town hall ( mairie ) is located in Corbeil. Inhabitants of Corbeil-Essonnes are known as Corbeil-Essonnois . The population data given in
184-704: The Forêt de Lamotte-Beuvron in heavily wooded countryside and on through the Forêt de Vierzon to Vierzon which lies on the Cher . This town is also a junction with the A71 autoroute which heads to the east and the A20 autoroute ( L'Occitane ) which is an upgrade of the N20 to autoroute standard. The old road still runs through villages and towns such as Massay and Vatan as the D320. The road passes round
207-570: The Tech valley. Corbeil-Essonnes Corbeil-Essonnes ( French: [kɔʁbɛj ɛsɔn] ) on the River Seine is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris , France. It is located 28.3 km (17.6 mi) from the center of Paris . Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry , the sub-prefecture building and administration are located inside
230-721: The A20 autoroute with the old road now being the D420 and D920 through the village of Masseret . The old road branches east through Uzerche on the River Vézère . There is a junction with the N120 to Aurillac . It also meets the A89 autoroute . The old road carries on as the D920 to the regional centre of D920 through Brive-la-Gaillarde . Here there is a junction with N89 and N80. The road heads south and forks again as
253-552: The A20 becomes a péage (toll) and the N20 starts again. There is a junction with the N140. At Souillac the road crosses the river Dordogne . After which the road rises passing the Bellevoir de lanzac . The roads are now on the plateau of the Causse de Gramat and onto the medieval town of Cahors on a loop in the river Lot . The N20 continues south heading out of the massif central and into
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#1732851882532276-678: The Route d'Orléans through Montlhéry and over the N104 and into open rolling countryside which becomes increasingly wooded. The road passes the Bois de la Butte de Couard . The road then comes to the town of Étampes where there is a junction with the N191 ( Corbeil-Essonnes to the N10 ). The road then heads south west parallel to the A10 autoroute . The road skirts the western edge of
299-566: The commune of Corbeil-Essonnes. Traces of human presence in the area date to the Palaeolithic and Neolithic ages; later it was a Gallo-Roman settlement on the main road from Paris to Sens . The name Corbeil is derived from the Latin Corbulium , from the Gaulish cor beel , meaning "holy house". Since the time of Aymon, comte de Corbeil (died 957), to the 12th century it was the chief town of
322-686: The large forest of Orléans ( French : Forêt d'Orléans) before entering the cathedral city of Orléans . The N20 crosses the river Loire in the City Centre over the Pont du Maréchal Joffre . Orléans is a key transport hub forming a junction with the A10 autoroute ( L'Aquitaine ) and A71 autoroute ( L'Arverne ) as well as the N157 ( Rennes – Le Mans -Orléans), N60 ( Troyes – Sens -Orléans) and N152 (Orléans- Blois – Angers – Saumur ). The road heads through
345-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=N20&oldid=1115129950 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Route nationale 20 This road
368-650: The road enters the foothills of the Pyrenees such as the Montagnes du Plantaurel . The road heads to Foix , which is now by-passed with the Foix Tunnel on the east side of the valley. The road then passes Tarascon-sur-Ariège following the deep river valley. The road passes the Parc Pyrénéen de l'Art Préhistorique and south east to Ax-les-Thermes . To the south-west, there is a ski resort Les Bazerques. The road forks at
391-650: The south of the city centre of Paris at the Porte d'Orléans. The road heads south as the Avenue Aristide-Briand through the suburb of Bourg-la-Reine . It crosses the A86 autoroute near Orly Airport . Then past the suburb of Antony and a junction with the A6 autoroute . The old road is renumbered the D217 through an industrial estate and the town of Longjumeau . The N20 merges again as
414-401: The table and graph below for 1946 and earlier refer to the former commune of Corbeil. In the 19th century, Corbeil-Essonnes was a centre of the flour-milling industry. Essonnes also had notable papermills. Today, X-Fab France SAS is headquartered here and operates a semiconductor fabrication plant . The 55 hectares (0.21 sq mi) site includes 25000 square meters of cleanrooms and
437-578: The town of Châteauroux on the Indre . The town is also on the N151 ( Auxerre – Bourges – Poitiers ) and N143 ( Tours -Châteauroux). The road continues south through thick forest coming to the river Creuse . The countryside becomes more hilly. The old road is numbered the N20 and D220 after Argenton-sur-Creuse and Saint-Benoît-du-Sault . The road crosses the N145 ( Bellac – Montluçon ) 11 km west of
460-537: The town of La Souterraine . The road then heads through Bessines-sur-Gartempe and into the Monts d'Ambazac (701m). The road then reaches the industrial centre of Limoges which lies on the river Vienne . The town is also connected by the N141 ( Saíntes – Clermont-Ferrand ), N21 (Limoges- Lourdes ) and N147 (Limoges- Poitiers - Angers ). The road heads south through the massif Central through traffic now being taken as
483-451: The valley of the river Aveyron via Caussade . The road heads south west in the wide flat valley to Montauban . Then it comes to a junction with the N113 ( Narbonne – Bordeaux ) along the river Garonne . The A62 autoroute ( Autoroute des Deux Mers ) crosses the road. The N20 turns south running along the east bank of the river into the industrial city of Toulouse . The city of Toulouse
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#1732851882532506-736: Was originally the main road of the royal domain between Paris and Orléans, built upon a Gaulish road re-worked as a road of the Roman empire. The N20 is now being upgraded to 2x2 autoroute standard, the majority of which is toll free. The upgrade is to be called the A20 autoroute . The road is also part of the European route E09 . Similar work has been undertaken to the N9 . Paris - Étampes - Orléans - Vierzon - Châteauroux - Limoges - Brive-la-Gaillarde - Cahors - Montauban - Toulouse - Pamiers - Foix - Bourg-Madame - Spain (N-152) The road starts at
529-509: Was the teacher of Lotario de' Conti, who became pope as Innocent III . Representatives of the king of France signed two treaties of Corbeil in the town, the Treaty of Corbeil (1258) between France and Aragon and the Treaty of Corbeil (1326) between France and Scotland. Corbeil was besieged by the Duke of Burgundy in 1418. The Protestants of France attacked it in 1562 amidst the religious war called
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