Groupes D'Intervention de La Police Nationale - Deployment of The GIPN in France

Deployment of The GIPN in France

There are 9 GIPN units containing about 200 members of staff. In 1985 the number of the units was seven and all of them were located in metropolitan France. Two more units were created overseas in 1992 and 1993.

• In metropolitan France there are 7 units:
  • Lille with 16 men;
  • Strasbourg with 16 men;
  • Lyon with 24 men;
  • Nice with 16 men;
  • Marseille with 24 men;
  • Bordeaux with 16 men;
  • Rennes with 16 men.

• In the overseas departments and territories of France there are 2 units:
  • New Caledonia with 16 men;
  • Réunion with 16 men;