An INSEE study provides a detailed analysis of the journeys made by cross-border workers on France’s borders
An INSEE study provides a detailed analysis of the journeys made by cross-border workers on France’s borders
In 2021, border workers travel an average of 34 km to get to work, compared with 14 km for non-border workers living in the same areas. The majority go by car. 18% of them have journeys of 50 km or more, and there are significantly more of these long journeys than in 2010. On the borders with Luxembourg, Geneva and Basel, cross-border worker flows are highly concentrated. Journeys to Luxembourg and the Swiss Jura Arc are particularly long, while they are shorter to Monaco. On average, cross-border commuters emit 2.4 times more greenhouse gases (GHG) than non-cross-border commuters, mainly because of the longer distances travelled.
The national study is supplemented by five additional regional studies:
National study: One in five cross-border workers travelled more than 50 km to work – Insee Première – 2027 (November 2024)
Regional studies :
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : Increasingly long home-work journeys, CO2 emissions that are not decreasing – Insee Analyses Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes no 185, November 2024
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Cross-border commuters: further and further from their work – Insee Flash Bourgogne-Franche-Comté no 208, November 2024
- Grand Est: In the Grand Est, commuting distances between home and work are much longer for cross-border commuters – Insee Analyses Grand Est no 188, November 2024
- Hauts-de-France: Cross-border commuters to Belgium: Home-work journeys almost 3 times longer than those of other workers – Insee Analyses Hauts-de-France no 179, November 2024
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 33,000 cross-border commuters work in Monaco, 30% more in a decade – Insee Flash Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur no 108, November 2024
