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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
33,905,400 (2003) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
41,683,100 (2003) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: highly developed
domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (with total of 5 antennas - 2 for Indian Ocean and 3 for Atlantic Ocean), NA Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region); HF radiotelephone communications with more than 20 countries
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
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| Radios: |
55.3 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)
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| Televisions: |
34.8 million (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.fr
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| Internet hosts: |
2,396,761 (2004)
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
62 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
21.9 million (2003)
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| Railways: |
total: 32,175 km [19,993 mi]
standard gauge: 32,008 km [19,889 mi] 1.435-m gauge (14,320 km/8,898 mi electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)
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| Highways: |
total:
894,000 km [555,510 mi]
paved: 894,000 km/555,510 mi (including 9,900 km/6,152 mi of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km/0 mi (2000)
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| Waterways: |
8,500 km/5,282 mi (1,686 km/1,048 mi accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2000) |
| Pipelines: |
gas 13,946 km [8,666 mi]; oil 3,024 km [1,879 mi]; refined products 4,889 km [3,038 mi] (2003) |
| Ports and harbors: |
Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice, Le Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mulhouse, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Saint Nazaire, Saint Malo, Strasbourg (2003)
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| Merchant marine: |
total: 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 703,639 GRT/889,705 DWT
by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 6, container 2, liquefied gas 4, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 10, roll on/roll off 2, short-sea/passenger 4
registered in other countries: 118 (2003 est.)
foreign-owned: Germany 1, Monaco 2, New Caledonia 1, Sweden 5
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| Airports: |
477 (2003 est.)
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| Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 281
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 28
914 to 1,523 m: 82
under 914 m: 63 (2003 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 95
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| Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 196
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 70
under 914 m: 123 (2003 est.)
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| Heliports: |
3 (2003 est.)
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| Military branches: |
Army (includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation), Navy (including naval air), Air Force (including Air Defense), National Gendarmerie
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| Military manpower - military age: |
18 years of age (2004 est.)
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| Military manpower - availability: |
males age 15-49: 14,487,165 (2004 est.)
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| Military manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 15-49: 12,044,827 (2004 est.)
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| Military manpower - reaching military age annually: |
males: 394,413 (2004 est.)
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| Military expenditures - dollar figure: |
$45.24 billion (2003)
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| Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
2.6% (2003)
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| Disputes - international: |
Madagascar claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and French Guiana; territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia, claimed by France and Vanuatu
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| Illicit drugs: |
transshipment point for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics
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| This page was last updated on 30 November, 2004 |
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