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Europe > France > Transportation

FRENCH TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 785,700 [4th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 82 [5th of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 3 [54th of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 72 [14th of 137]
Cars 469 per 1,000 people [8th of 18]
Highways > Paved 894,000 km [2nd of 171]
Highways > Total 894,000 km [6th of 181]
Ports and harbors
Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice, Le Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mulhouse, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Saint Nazaire, Saint Malo, Strasbourg
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 197,000 million ton-km ... [5th of 52]
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 781,000 million passenger-km ... [2nd of 33]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 100 % ... [8th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 951,220 km ... [5th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 951,220 km [4th of 205]
Roadways > Total 956,303 km [7th of 222]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
Transnational Issues > 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
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 36.68 % ... [84th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 29.72 % ... [42nd of 153]
Vehicle abundance 60 per square km [13th of 141]
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code 2 [43rd of 44]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: France, French Republic, Republique Francaise

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