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| FRENCH TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Air transport, passengers carried
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52,477,180
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[6th of 164]
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Aircraft departures
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785,700 |
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[4th of 155]
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Airports
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476 |
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[14th of 247]
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Cars
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469 per 1,000 people |
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[8th of 18]
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Container port traffic
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3,839,739 TEU
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[20th of 63]
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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Heliports
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3 |
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[46th of 99]
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Highways > Paved
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894,000 km |
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[2nd of 113]
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Highways > Total
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894,000 km |
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[4th of 118]
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Pipelines gas 14,665 km; oil 3,032 km; refined products 4,947 km |
Ports and terminals Bordeaux, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg |
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Railways > Standard gauge
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29,203 km |
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[3rd of 64]
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Railways > Total
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29,370 km |
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[8th of 220]
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Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
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197,000 million ton-km
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[5th of 52]
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Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km
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781,000 million passenger-km
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[2nd of 33]
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Roads, total network > km
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951,220 km
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[5th of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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951,500 km |
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[2nd of 81]
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Roadways > Total
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951,500 km |
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[5th of 85]
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Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
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50 |
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Vehicle abundance
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60 per square km |
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[13th of 141]
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... View all Transportation stats
SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World standards on users.pandora.be; Wikipedia: Speed limit
; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
France, French Republic, Republique Francaise
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