Generator · French data
French vehicle registration plate
Endpoint GET /v1/fr/vehicle-registration
What it covers
Returns a realistic French vehicle registration plate. `type` selects the kind: `standard` (default, SIV `LL-NNN-LL`, e.g. AB-126-FD), `diplomatic` (`NNN CD NNNN`), `temporary` (`WW-NNN-LL` / `W-NNN-LL`), `export` (`NNN TT NN`), or `motorcycle` (`LL-NN-L`). `era` chooses the scheme: `current` (default, 2009+ SIV), `legacy` (old FNI `NNNN LL NN`, whose last two digits are the département code), or `both`. A current standard plate can carry the optional cosmetic département band via `withDepartment` (random) or `department` (forced; an unknown identifier is a 400). France issues no vanity plates and no plate carries a checksum. Use `format` to choose hyphenated, spaced, or compact rendering.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| count | integer1–1000 | Number of records to return, 1–1000 (your plan may lower this). Omitted returns a single record; set it for a batch. |
| department | string | Force the département to a code or name (e.g. 75, 2A, Paris). Standard plates only. |
| edge | boolean | Restrict output to edge-case plates from the rare corners of the format. |
| era | "current" | "legacy" | "both" | Registration era: current (2009+ SIV), legacy (old FNI), or both. Default current. |
| extreme | boolean | Return a correct value wrapped in a hostile encoding (untrimmed whitespace, invisible/zero-width characters, BOM, or bidi/combining marks). Homoglyphs are excluded so the value stays machine-parseable; it still validates after normalisation. |
| format | "hyphen" | "with-space" | "compact" | Plate rendering: hyphenated, spaced, or compact. Default hyphen. |
| invalid | boolean | Return a deliberately invalid value that fails validation, for testing rejection paths. |
| seed | integer | Integer seed for reproducible output: the same seed always yields the same record. |
| type | "standard" | "diplomatic" | "temporary" | "export" | "motorcycle" | Plate kind: standard, diplomatic, temporary, export, or motorcycle. |
| withDepartment | boolean | Attach a random cosmetic département band to a current standard plate. |
Response fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| value | string | The plate in the requested format, e.g. "AB-126-FD" or "1234 AB 75". |
| type | "standard" | "diplomatic" | "temporary" | "export" | "motorcycle" | Which kind of plate this is. |
| era | "current" | "legacy" | Which era format was produced: current (2009+ SIV) or legacy (old FNI). |
| department? | string | The département identifier (e.g. 75, 2A, 971). Present on a legacy plate always, and on a current standard plate only when a département band was requested. |
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