Some 90,000 police will be deployed across France – 6000 of them in Paris – as France steps up security measures for New Year’s celebrations.

France will deploy large numbers of police and soldiers for New Year’s celebrations due to the “very high” terrorist threat facing the country, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says.

Darmanin said there would be about 90,000 police deployed across France, with 6000 of them in Paris.

There would also be 5000 soldiers deployed from the Sentinelle unit, set up to deal with terrorist threats.

“I have called for an extremely high turnout of police and security forces given the context of the very high terrorist threat due to, clearly, what is happening in Israel and in Palestine,” Darmanin told reporters.

European security officials have said there is a growing risk of attacks by Islamists radicalised by the Israel-Hamas war.

—AAP