Environment · ADEME/CITEPA data · territorialized inventory 2016 · no annual time series · values in Mt CO₂e.
Territorial GHG inventory: 468 Mt CO₂e in 2016, sharp regional contrasts
Where does France emit the most greenhouse gases? The ADEME/CITEPA territorialized inventory (2016) spatializes the national inventory at commune level, aggregated here by region and sector.
National view: regional ranking (2016)
Émissions GES totales par région en 2016 (Mt CO₂e)
Data details
National total 2016
468 Mt CO₂e
Sum of 7 sector categories · metro + overseas communes
Top emitting sector
Transports
155 Mt CO₂e · CITEPA spatialized inventory
Highest-emitting region
Île-de-France
57 Mt CO₂e in 2016
Max/min regional gap
×32.0
Île-de-France vs Corse
Key facts
- National total 2016 (CITEPA/ADEME territorialized inventory): 468 Mt CO₂e · top sector: Transport (155 Mt CO₂e).
- Highest-emitting region: Île-de-France at 57 Mt CO₂e, vs 2 Mt CO₂e for Corse (×32.0 gap).
- Aggregated from 35,798 metropolitan and overseas communes · values in tCO₂e, converted to Mt CO₂e.
- Complements the Ecolab insight (sector × region, 2016/2018/2021): an official 2016 territorial snapshot, with no annual time series.
Territorial GHG inventory: how to read these figures?
ADEME publishes a territorialized greenhouse gas inventory: a commune-level spatialization of the national inventory produced by CITEPA. Unlike Ecolab indicators (sector × region, vintages 2016/2018/2021), this dataset is a 2016 snapshot at commune level, aggregated here by region.
Transport · Transport
Transport
"Road + other modes"
Road transport dominates the transport category, alongside other modes (rail, inland waterways, domestic aviation).
Highly urbanized regions or major transport corridors (Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, PACA) carry a large share.
Agriculture · Agriculture
Agriculture
"Heavy weight in rural areas"
Agriculture weighs more in farming-intensive regions (Bretagne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Grand Est).
Commune-level values are indicative: ADEME recommends reading them at inter-municipality (EPCI) scale or above.
Why multiple series?
Why such regional gaps? Economic structure and population density explain most of it: heavy industry (Grand Est, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), agriculture (Bretagne), mobility and services (Île-de-France, PACA).
Analogy: this inventory is an aerial photograph of emissions in 2016. It shows territorial "hot spots", but does not replace a refined local carbon balance or the CITEPA trajectory from 1990.
What this is not
- No time series in this file: a single vintage (2016).
- CITEPA spatialization method ≠ Ecolab inventory or the annual official national total.
- Individual communes are not representative: ADEME recommends aggregated reading (EPCI, department, region).
Total GHG emissions by region in 2016 (Mt CO₂e)
Emissions by sector in 2016 (Mt CO₂e)
GHG emissions by region in 2016 (Mt CO₂e)
What these figures do not show
CITEPA spatialized inventory · 2016 vintage only (no time series). Different method from the Ecolab insight (sector × region, 2016/2018/2021) and from the annual national inventory used for trajectories since 1990. ADEME recommends reading communes at inter-municipality (EPCI) scale or above.
Sources
Inventaire de gaz à effet de serre territorialiséADEME / CITEPA (DGEC) · 2026-05-29