Velodromes of the World - France
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| City | Area or Name | Used | Type | Distance | Surface | Designer | ||||||||||||
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| Aire sur Adour | Aquitaine | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Aire sur la Lys | Pas-de-Calais | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Alencon | Normandie | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Ales | Languedoc | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Angers | Loire | 1991- | outdoor | 300 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||
| Angouleme | Poitou | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Aulnay-sous-Bois | Ile-de-France | 1950- | outdoor | 450 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||
| Aurillac | Auvergne | outdoor | 550 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Auxere | Bourgogne | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Bayonne | Aquitaine | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Beauvais | Picardie | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Besancon | Franche-Compte | 1979- | outdoor | 450 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||
| Blois | Orleans | outdoor | 285 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Bordeaux | Velodrome du Parc | 1890s - | outdoor | |||||||||||||||
| Bordeaux | Stadium de Bordeaux-Le Lac | 1989- | indoor | 250 meters | Doussie wood | Hour Records Bordeaux Six-Day | ||||||||||||
| Bourges | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||||
| Branoux les Taillades | Languedoc | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Bressuire | Poitou | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Brest | Ponaulcoise Velodrome | 1993- | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||
| Briare | Orleans | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Bruay la Buissierre | Pas-de-Calais | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Caen | Normandie | 1984- | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||
| Carcassonne | Languedoc | outdoor | 456 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Cavaillon | Provence | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Champaigne-sur-Seine | Ile-de-France | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Charleroi | Halles des expositions | 1967 | indoor | 140 meters | wood | Schurmann design | ||||||||||||
| Chateaubriant | Loire | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Chatellerault | Poitou | outdoor | 453 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Clermont-Ferrand | 1985- | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Cleder | Bretagne | outdoor | 350 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Colmar | Colmar Velodrome | outdoor | 356 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Commentry | Auvergne | outdoor | 477 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Commercy | Lorraine | 1985- | outdoor | 285 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||
| Coueron | Loire | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Creil | Picardie | outdoor | 450 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Damazan | Aquitaine | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Deauville | Normandie | outdoor | 450 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Descartes | Orleans | outdoors | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Dijon | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||||
| Equeurdreville | Normandie | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Eybens | Rhone-Alpes | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Foix | Pyrenees | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Fougeres | Bretagne | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Couronne | Normandie | outdoor | 200 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Grande Synthe | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Grenoble | Palais des Sports | indoor | 200 meters | wood | Grenoble Six-Day | |||||||||||||
| Grenoble | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||||
| Grenoble | Stade de Glace | 1968- | renovated 1986- | 210 meters | indoor | wood | Schurmann design. | |||||||||||
| Guemene Penfano | Loire | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Guipavas | Bretagne | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Henrichemaont | Orleans | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Hyeres-Toulon | Cote d'Azur | 1989- | outdoor | 250 meters | wood | 48 degree turns. | ||||||||||||
| L'Isle de Jourdain | Pyrenees | outdoor | 375 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| La Roche sur Yon | Loire | outdoor | 450 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| La Rochelle | Poitou | outdoor | 329 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Le Blanc | Orleans | outdoor | 390 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Le Grand Pressigny | Orleans | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Le Havre | Normandie | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Le Neubourg | Normandie | outdoor | 450 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Le Val-St. Pierre | Normandie | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lille | Velodrome d'Hiver | 1934 | 250 meters | indoor | wood | Schurmann design. | ||||||||||||
| Lille | Velodrome Lille | 1960- | indoor | 150 meters | wood | Schurmann design. | ||||||||||||
| Lilliers | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lens | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | outdoor | 350 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lesneven | Bretagne | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lisieux | Normandie | outdoor | 330 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lons le Saunier | Franche-Comte | outdoor | 420 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lorient | Bretagne | outdoor | 416 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Loudeac | Bretagne | outdoor | 303 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Loudun | Poitou | outdoor | 180 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lucon | Loire | outdoor | 362 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lunaville | Lorraine | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lurcy Levis | Auvergne | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Lyons | Rhone-Alpes | 1989- | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||
| Marans | Poitou | outdoor | 245 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Marseille | Marseille Stadium | 1933 | 466 meters | outdoor | wood | Schurmann design. | ||||||||||||
| Marseille | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | |||||||||||||||
| Melgven | Bretagne | outdoor | 370 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Montargis | Orleans | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Montauban | Pyrenees | outdoor | 415 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Montceau le Mines | Bourgogne | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Mont de Marsan | Aquitaine | outdoor | 375 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Montlhéry | Montlhéry Velodrome | 1900s | outdoor | |||||||||||||||
| Mournex | Aquitaine | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Muret | Pyrenees | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Nantes | Loire | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Noyant la Gravoyere | Loire | outdoor | 245 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Paris | Buffalo Velodrome | 1891- | Porte Maillot | later Porte d'Orleans | outdoor | 333 meters | cement | Folies Bergeres owner | named for Col. Cody's Buffalo Bill Circus staged on the grounds. | |||||||||
| Paris | Velodrome Parc des Princes | 1891- | outdoor | 666 meters. | ||||||||||||||
| Paris | Velodrome de la Seine. | |||||||||||||||||
| Paris | Velodrome d'Hiver | 1891- | indoor. | |||||||||||||||
| Paris | Velodrome Troyen | 1900- | outdoor | 375 meters cement. | ||||||||||||||
| Paris | Velodrome de l'Est | 1890s- | outdoor | 333 meters. | ||||||||||||||
| Paris | La Cipale-Municipal Velodrome | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Paris | Croix de Berny | 1938- | 333 meters | outdoor | concrete | Schurmann design. | ||||||||||||
| Paris | Institut Nationale des Sports Paris (INSEP) | 1964- | 133-166 meters | indoor | wood | Schurmann design. | ||||||||||||
| Paris | Omnisports Bercy | 1980- | indoor | 250 meters | wood. | |||||||||||||
| Plelan le Grand | Bretagne | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Plouasne | Bretagne | outdoor | 365 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Plouzane | Bretagne | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Pontchateau | Loire | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Port de Bouc | Provence | outdoor | 454 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Quintin | Bretagne | outdoor | 273 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Reims | Champagne | 1973- | outdoor | 400 meters. concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Renaze | Loire | outdoor | 336 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Rennes | Bretagne | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Rochefort | Poitou | outdoor | 437 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Rochetaillee | Rhone-Alpes | outdoor | 200 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Roubaix | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | Paris-Roubaix finish. | |||||||||||||
| Saintes | Poitou | outdoor | 378 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Salbris | Orleans | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Sedan | Champagne | outdoor | 300 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Senlis | Picardie | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Amand Montrond | Orleans | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Brieuc | Bretagne | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Denis de l'Hotel | 1985- | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Denis | Ile-de-France | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Etienne | Rhone-Alpes | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Lo | Normandie | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Malo | Bretagne | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Nazaire | Loire | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Omer | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | outdoor | 412 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Pierre d'Oleron | Poitou | outdoor | 315 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Pierre-sur-Dives | Normandie | outdoor | 350 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Quentin | Picardie | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| St. Servan sur Mer | Pyrenees | 1950- | outdoor | 240 meters | beton. | |||||||||||||
| Strasbourg | 1992- | outdoor | 333 meters | asphalt. | ||||||||||||||
| Toulouse | Velodrome Municipal | 1937 | 480 meters | outdoor | concrete | Schurmann design. | ||||||||||||
| Tours | Velodrome de Tours | outdoor | 400 meters | cement. | ||||||||||||||
| Trabes | Pyrenees | outdoor | 250 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Valencinennes | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | outdoor | 481 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Valentigny | Franche-Comte | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Vannes | Bretagne | outdoor | 400 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Vichy | Auvergne | outdoor | 500 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Villemur | Pyrenees | outdoor | 433 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||
| Vincennes | Piste Municipale | 1890s- | outdoor | 400 meters | wood | nicknamed Cipale | enlarged to 500 meters in 1900. | |||||||||||
| Vitrolles | Provence | outdoor | 333 meters | concrete | ||||||||||||||