Skip to content
FranceFrançais

Subject and court · First instance · France

Driving licences at the Tribunal administratif de Nantes

In 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Nantes issued 169 decisions on driving licences (4% more than in 2024), that is 1% of its caseload, against 2% for all administrative tribunals. Below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in a subject, only numbers of decisions are shown.

Activity year by year

On driving licences, the number of decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nantes rose every year, from 105 in 2023 to 169 in 2025. That is an increase of 61%, against an increase of 24% for all administrative tribunals. Since 2023, the Tribunal administratif de Nantes has issued 437 decisions on this subject.

TA Nantes: decisions on driving licences per year2023 : Decisions 105 ; 2024 : Decisions 163 ; 2025 : Decisions 1690100200Decisions 2023 : 1052023Decisions 2024 : 1632024Decisions 2025 : 1692025
TA Nantes: decisions on driving licences per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
2023105–1%
2024163+55%1%
2025169+4%1%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nantes were published. TA Nantes stands for Tribunal administratif de Nantes. Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court, computed from 200 decisions a year.

See also Tribunal administratif de Nantes: all subjects Driving licences in France

Back to contents

Same subject in the jurisdiction

In the jurisdiction of the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes, the 3 administrative tribunals issued 343 decisions on driving licences in 2025 between them; the Tribunal administratif de Nantes issued 169, that is 49%.

On driving licences, the Tribunal administratif de Nantes issued 169 of the 4,659 decisions of all administrative tribunals, or 4%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 1% for the Tribunal administratif de Nantes to 2% for the administrative tribunals of Rennes and Caen.

Decisions on driving licences in 2025
Tribunals of the jurisdiction: Driving licences
CourtDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Tribunal administratif de Nantes1691%––
Tribunal administratif de Rennes922%––
Tribunal administratif de Caen822%––

Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court. Dismissal rate not computed below 200 decisions on the subject; median time: judgments and rulings only, excluding orders, not computed below 200 judgments.

See also Driving licences in France Tribunal administratif de Nantes: all subjects

Back to contents

The other subjects of the court

With 169 decisions, or 1% of the total of the Tribunal administratif de Nantes, this subject comes behind planning and building permits (215) and ahead of employment law (126).

Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nantes by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nantes by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration6,60741%64%9 months
Social welfare5804%66%37 months
Civil service4313%59%35 months
Tax2602%89%43 months
Housing2441%31%–
Local authorities and public property2291%62%–
Planning and building permits2151%72%–
Driving licences1691%––
Employment law1261%––
Policing650.4%––
Public procurement630.4%––
Public health630.4%––
Environment and agriculture580.4%––
Education430.3%––
Elections30.02%––
Other subjects7,14544%55%25 months

Subject determined from the legal texts cited in each decision; “other subjects” groups decisions without a characteristic text. Detailed pages exist from 50 decisions on the subject.

See also Tribunal administratif de Nantes: all subjects France

Back to contents

Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 16,301 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nantes in 2025, 169 fall under driving licences (1%), based on the legal texts they cite; 7,145 (44%) fall under no identified subject and appear under “Other subjects”.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions on driving licences did the Tribunal administratif de Nantes issue in 2025?

The Tribunal administratif de Nantes issued 169 decisions on driving licences in 2025 (4% more than in 2024), that is 1% of its 16,301 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 437 decisions.

Why is no dismissal rate or median time shown for driving licences at the Tribunal administratif de Nantes?

With 169 decisions in 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Nantes stays below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in this subject: below it, a dismissal rate or a median time would vary too much from one year to the next. Only numbers of decisions are shown.

How much of the caseload of the Tribunal administratif de Nantes does this subject represent?

It accounts for 1% of the 16,301 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Nantes in 2025, against 2% for all administrative tribunals.

How many decisions on driving licences did the other tribunals of the jurisdiction issue?

In 2025, the administrative tribunals of Rennes and Caen issued 92 and 82 respectively.