Bulgarian Embassy & Consulates in France

Bulgaria has its embassy in Paris, the capital; the address on record is Avenue Rapp 1, Paris. Its phone number and website are on its page.

Bulgaria also has a consulate general in Lyon; consulates handle passports, civil registration and, for many countries, visa applications for their district.

Bulgaria has 2 honorary consulates in France, in Toulouse and Lille; an honorary consul offers first help and passes documents on, but visas and passports are issued elsewhere.

Free movement applies: French citizens enter Bulgaria with a passport or national identity card and need no visa, whatever the length of stay.

In return, France has an embassy in Bulgaria, in Sofia.

Bulgaria in France

Worldwide, Bulgaria has 121 missions in 75 countries; 5 of them are in France.

When Bulgarian missions in France are closed

Bulgarian missions in France close on France’s public holidays, the next being Armistice Day (Armistice 1918) on Wednesday 11 November 2026, Christmas Day (Noël) on Friday 25 December 2026 and New Year's Day (Jour de l'an) on Friday 1 January 2027, and usually on some holidays of Bulgaria, such as Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026.