The Honorary Consulate of France in Aachen is run by honorary consul Angelika Ivens and is a local point of contact for French citizens and for business and cultural links in the Aachen region. Passports and visas are handled by the French Consulate General in Düsseldorf.
Contact Details
| Address | Lothringerstraße 62, 52070 Aachen, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 241 3 97 01 |
| aix-la-chapelle@agenceconsulaire.fr | |
| Head of Mission | Angelika Ivens, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | The city of Aachen and the districts of Aachen, Düren, Euskirchen and Heinsberg |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Visits by appointment only. Please call or e-mail before you go.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Aachen
Honorary consul Angelika Ivens represents France in the Aachen border region, close to Belgium and the Netherlands.
Which French office issues passports and visas?
Passports, ID cards and civil-status matters for this area are handled by French Consulate General in Düsseldorf. French honorary consuls can usually certify signatures, issue life certificates and help French citizens in emergencies.
Contact details of the French Consulate General in Duesseldorf, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Martin-Luther-Platz 26 (Schadow-Arkaden), 40212 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Telephone: +49 211 82 85 46 0
- Email: info@consulfrance-dusseldorf.org
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–12:00
- Website: website no longer available (checked October 2026)
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by France and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help French citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Aachen
4 other countries are represented in Aachen: Brazil (honorary), Côte d’Ivoire (honorary), Netherlands (honorary), Türkiye (honorary).
French missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Aachen, the nearest other French office is the Honorary Consulate in Cologne (about 64 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Consulate General in Düsseldorf (about 70 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Aachen.
- Berlin (540 km) – Embassy of France
- Düsseldorf (70 km) – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Frankfurt am Main (200 km) – Consulate General
- Hamburg (410 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein)
- Munich (490 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria)
- Saarbrücken (180 km) – Consulate General (Saarland)
- Stuttgart (310 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg)
- Aachen – Honorary Consulate (Aachen region) (this page)
- Augsburg (440 km) – Honorary Consulate (Swabia and southern Württemberg)
- Bremen (320 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
- Weimar (370 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia)
- Freiburg im Breisgau (330 km) – Honorary Consulate (Freiburg and Tübingen regions)
- Hanover (310 km) – Honorary Consulate (Niedersachen)
- Cologne (64 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Leipzig (440 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony)
- Mannheim (220 km) – Honorary Consulate (City of Mannheim)
- Münster (170 km) – Honorary Consulate (City of Münster)
- Nuremberg (390 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
- Saarlouis (170 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarlouis and north-western Saarland)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: German Federal Foreign Office, Embassy of France in Berlin. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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