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phone system local and national national prefix 0 + I digit areacode: Ior2or3or4or5 + restnumber-- -- -- -- (always I0 digits) (in 2003 France had 33.9 million Land Lines) mobils mobile prefix: 6 restnumber -- -- -- -- (in 2003 France had 4I,7 million Mobile Lines) the French phonesystem is logic ... there are 6 zones: I for the capital Paris + region, 2 for North West, 3 for North East, 4 for South East, 5 for South West, 6 for Mobils  international prefix 00 (no longer I9) example: calling from France to NY/USA 00 I 2I2 information Renseignements Telephoniques.com II8 xxx Renseignements Internationaux.com 32 I2 Emergency I5 Police I7 Fire I8 calling to France + 33 and 9 digits - (areacode) -- -- -- -- (number) France's phonesystem is regulated by ART calling to France from USA 0II 33 from Europe 00 33 example  in PARIS Ier II rue des IIaIIes +33 I 42 2I II II |
  France has 20 régions subdivided into I02 départements, subdivided into 3578 Cantons and 324 Arrondissements inside the cantons France has 36447 Communes some of them are located outside the European Metropole    
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République Française Republic of France  divided into I02 Départements Capital: Paris Politics  President Nicolas Sarkozy (since Mai I6 07) Government of France Premier Ministre Francois Fillon (since Mai 17 07) Presidents of France Kings of France languages French in the Pays Basque: also Basque in Alsace still some German economy GNP/2000 $ I,448 billion GNP/person $ 24,400/year currency: I € (Euro) = 6.55957 Francs (I French Francs was I00 Centimes) home to 7 out of the I00 home to 38 out of the 500 largest companies of the World national holiday French Revolution, July I4 (I789) geography  Mont Blanc 4,807 m 3 coasts Atlantic Mediteranian North See (Manche) longest river Rhone largest lake Lac Léman (also Switzerland) access to 9 neigbour countries west: Atlantic north: Phonebook of Belgium.com via Eurtonnel Phonebook of the UK.com est: Phonebook of Germany.com Phonebook of Luxembourg.com Phonebook of Switzerland.com south: Phonebok of Italy.com Phonebook of Monaco.com Phonebook of Andorra.com Phonebook of Spain.com |
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