08-12-2019, 04:12 PM
The older style French plates only tell you in which Departement the car was LAST registered, not FIRST registered. Prior to the new style registrations adopted in 2009, a French registration would change whenever the owner (or a new owner) changed residence from one department to another. It's no guarantee of original provenance unless the owner(s) never moved from the Departement where the car was originally registered.
The departmental marker on the new style plates can be whatever you want it to be as it's entirely optional.
The departmental marker on the new style plates can be whatever you want it to be as it's entirely optional.