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From: Thierry Samama <Thierry.Samama@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr>
Message-Id: <9404081626.AA17728@mimosa.dinsunnet>
To: cmoore@brl.mil, dleibold@attmail.com, ptownson@gaak.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: French "area codes"
Cc: samama@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr

Hi there. Since I didn't know who to send this to, I sent it to the three of you. Upon reading your listings for zone 3, I realized that the French listing was not as detailed as it could be. Here is a list of French STDs, for potential inclusion, if you see fit, in the telecom archives. Feel free to edit the explanation, I realize it is a little convoluted, but it's Friday evening...

Best regards,
Thierry.


33 France
[France is currently divided into two dialing zones: the Paris region (zone 1), and the rest of France (zone 9). Within a zone, subscribers all have an 8D number, where the first four digits identify the local exchange and the last four digits identify the subscriber.]
+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| To dial   | from zone 1 | from zone 9 | from abroad |
+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| to zone 1 | 8D          | 16 1 8D     | 33 1 8D     |
+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| to zone 9 | 16 8D       | 8D          | 33 8D       |
+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

In zone 1, the first digit of the local exchange number has geographical significance:
3	Yvelines, Val d'Oise
4	Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-St-Denis, Val-de-Marne
5	Paris
6	Seine-et-Marne, Essonne

In zone 9, the first two digits of the local exchange number have geographical significance, and they identify a "departement", which is somewhere between a county and a state.
20	Nord (Lille)
21	Pas-de-Calais
22	Somme
23	Aisne
24	Ardennes
25	Aube, Haute-Marne
26	Marne
27	Nord
28	Nord (Dunkerque)
29	Meuse, Vosges

31	Calvados
32	Eure
33	Manche, Orne
35	Seine-Maritime
36	All special services, dialable directly from both zones.
37	Eure-et-Loir
38	Loiret

4	Oise
40	Loire-Atlantique
41	Maine-et-Loire
42	Bouches-du-Rhone
43	Sarthe, Mayenne
44	Oise
45	Charente
46	Charente-Maritime
47	Indre-et-Loire
48	Cher
49	Deux-Sevres, Vienne

50	Ain, Haute-Savoie
51	Vendee
53	Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne
54	Indre, Loir-et-Cher
55	Charente, Correze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne
56	Gironde
57	Gironde
58	Landes
59	Pyrenees-Atlantiques

61	Ariege, Haute-Garonne
62	Gers, Hautes-Pyrenees
62 8	Andorre
63	Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne
65	Aveyron, Lot
66	Gard, Lozere
67	Gard, Heraut
68	Aude, Pyrenees Orientales

7	Lyon
70	Allier
71	Cantal, Haute-Loire
73	Puy-de-Dome
74	Ain, Isere, Rhone
75	Ardeche, Drome
76	Isere
77	Loire
78	Lyon
79	Savoie

8	Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle
80	Cote-d'Or
81	Doubs
83	Nancy
84	Haute-Saone, Jura, Territoire de Belfort
85	Saone-et-Loire
86	Nievre, Yonne
88	Bas-Rhin
89	Haut-Rhin

90	Bouches-du-Rhone, Vaucluse
91	Bouches-du-Rhone (Marseille)
92	Hautes-Alpes, Alpes de Haute Provence
93	Alpes-Maritimes, Monaco
94	Var
95	Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse
96	Cotes-du-Nord
97	Morbihan
98	Finistere
99	Ille-et-Vilaine


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Thierry Samama        Thierry.Samama@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr
Software Engineer                  Voice: +33-1-64 49 13 79
Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France
Standard disclaimer applies.
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