In response to my request regarding geodata on campsites and RV parks in France, I received the following information from the French Tourist Office:

There is a collection of geospatial data on campsites and RV parks in France not. The regional tourist offices do not have anything like that either.
The information is summarized in various brochures and is available from

Maison de la France - Franz sisches Tourismusamt
Zeppelinallee 37
60325 Frankfurt

. Of course, information is also available from the regional tourist offices. Addresses and further information can be found on the Maison de la France website, https: // de. franceguide. com

I also received the following information on where motorhome owners and caravanners can get more information:
Federation Francaise de Camping et de Caravaning
78, rue de Rivoli
F- 75004 Paris
www. ffcc. fr

It is not allowed to spend one night in a public parking lot with a mobile home. For security reasons, you have the right. to rest. You are not allowed to spend more nights there, this would be considered camping. ´Free´ or ´wild´ camping is not permitted in France.
You can obtain a map of the parking spaces for mobile homes from the publisher:
Editions Lariviere
Service ventes par correspondance
6, rue Olof-Palme
F-92587 Clichy cedex
www. editions-lariviere. fr

Spend 24 hours with the motorhome with winegrowers and farmers according to the ´invitation principle´? Then register with the organization France Passion:
France Passion
BP 57
F-84202 Carpentras cedex
www. france-passion. com

Would you like to live on a castle grounds, in the middle of a park? Then order the brochure ´Les Castels & Camping Caravaning´:
Secretariat les Castels
Manoir de Terre Rouge
F-35270 Bonnemain
www. lescastels. com

Are you looking for a campsite in a preferred location, comfortably equipped with a wide range of tents, bungalows, charlets, mobile homes? Then contact the ´Camping Villages´:
ampeole Centrale de reservations
BP 45
F-09270 Mazeres
www. campeole. com


oceanline, 2009-06-06