Telephone numbers in France

Telephone numbers in Metropolitan France
5 geographic zones
Location
CountryMetropolitan France
ContinentEurope
RegulatorARCEP
TypeClosed
NSN length9
Format0x xx xx xx xx
Access codes
Country code33
International access00
Long-distance0

The French telephone numbering plan is used in Metropolitan France, French overseas departments and some overseas collectivities.

Since 1996, Metropolitan France uses a ten-digit closed numbering plan, where the first two digits denote a geographic area, mobile or non-geographic number.

  • 01 Île-de-France
  • 02 Northwest France
  • 03 Northeast France
  • 04 Southeast France
  • 05 Southwest France
  • 06 Mobile phone services
  • 07 Mobile phone services
  • 08 Special phone numbers: Freephone (numéro vert) and shared-cost services.
  • 09 Non-geographic number (used by Voice over IP services)

All geographic numbers are dialed in the ten-digit format, even for local calls. The international access code is the International Telecommunication Union's recommended 00.[1] When calling France from abroad, the leading zero should be omitted: for example, to call a number in Southwest France, one would dial +33 5 xx xx xx xx. French people usually state phone numbers as a sequence of five double-digit numbers, e.g., 0x xx xx xx xx (and not, for example, 0 xxx-xxx-xxx or 0xxx-xx-xxxx or 0xx-xxx-xxxx).[2]

Overseas departments and collectivities have separate country codes and different number formats.

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  2. ^ "ANNU.COM - L'annuaire inversé !". www.annu.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.