It was held on 12–13 September at Stadium Municipal d'Albi in Albi.

A total of 36 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.

[1] The combined track and field events were held separately on 19–20 September at the Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny in Aubagne.

On 3 April the French Athletics Federation declared that the competition would be postponed from its original setting in Angers from 19 to 21 June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Claire Bricogne, François-Xavier de Châteaufort, Bouabdellah Tahri and Jimmy Vicaut provided commentary and analysis.