 L'Occitane is free from Vierzon to Brive-la-Gaillarde via Limoges.The operating companies are ASF between Cressensac and Montauban, DDE in the department between Vierzon and Nespouls.The road crosses the following departments Cher, Indre, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Corrèze, Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne

The motorway was proposed to reduce the travel time along the RN20 and to avoid congestion during holiday periods at Châteauroux, Argenton-sur-Creuse, Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, Limoges, Uzerche, Brive, Souillac, Cahors and Montauban.