Route nationale 56

Route nationale 56, RN56 or N56, is a 26 km long former route nationale (national road) linking Macheren to Sarralbe in the Grand-Est region of France. Reforms in 2004^[1] transferred responsibility for its maintenance to the department of Moselle. Losing its national route status, the road was renumbered D 656. Its terminuses are the D 603 near Macheren to the northwest, and the D 661 near Sarralbe in the southeast.

Towns along the route include:

Macheren (km 3)
Barst (km 9)
Cappel (km 10)
Hoste-Bas (km 12)
Puttelange-aux-Lacs (km 17)
Richeling (km 20)
Sarralbe (km 26)

^ "Loi n° 2004-809 du 13 août 2004 relative aux libertés et responsabilités locales (1)". Légifrance. Art. 18. Retrieved 2021-05-27.

[1] "Loi n° 2004-809 du 13 août 2004 relative aux libertés et responsabilités locales (1)". Légifrance. Art. 18. Retrieved 2021-05-27.

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