Cross-border fuel

Aire de Lorraine Sandaucourt la Trelle (A31): is it worth leaving the motorway for fuel?

Stay on the motorway

Stay on the motorway: leaving saves at most €2.56 on 50 litres of diesel (at the Contrexéville station (Av Division Leclerc), 17 km detour); the services charge €2.250/L (prices of 2 November 2026).

Official prices (French Ministry of the Economy) as of 3 November 2026 · Methodology

10 c/Ldiesel, services mark-up
0 c/Lpetrol 95, services mark-up
+€2.56diesel, saving on 50 L
Exit9 (Vittel, Contrexéville, Bulgnéville)
Detour17 km · 18 min
Tollstoll motorway on this stretch: exit cost not counted

Diesel — Stay on the motorway

Price at the services: €2.250/L (2 November 2026) · Services mark-up (median): 6 c/L.

Stations near the exit

StationSaving on 50 LPriceDetour
ContrexévilleAv Division Leclerc+€2.56€2.150/L+17 km · 18 min
ContrexévilleRue François de Neufchâteau+€0.97€2.189/L+14 km · 14 min
Contrexéville630 Avenue des Pierrottes−€0.59€2.199/L+21 km · 20 min
Châtenois71 Zi Le Neuilly−€2.19€2.225/L+24 km · 18 min
Châtenois11 Rue Pierre de Coubertin−€16.04€2.499/L+25 km · 19 min

Petrol 95 — Stay on the motorway

Price at the services: €1.990/L (2 November 2026) · Services mark-up (median): -11 c/L.

Stations near the exit

StationSaving on 50 LPriceDetour
ContrexévilleAv Division Leclerc−€2.16€1.990/L+17 km · 18 min
Châtenois71 Zi Le Neuilly−€3.50€1.999/L+24 km · 18 min
ContrexévilleRue François de Neufchâteau−€7.29€2.099/L+14 km · 14 min
Contrexéville630 Avenue des Pierrottes−€9.23€2.119/L+21 km · 20 min
Châtenois11 Rue Pierre de Coubertin−€17.13€2.269/L+25 km · 19 min