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Railways:
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total: 29,370 km
standard gauge: 29,203 km 1.435-m gauge (14,778 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
Transportation - note:
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void |
Roadways:
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total: 951,500 km
paved: 951,500 km (metropolitan France; includes 10,950 km of expressways)
note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2006) |
Waterways:
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metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons)
French Guiana: 3,760 km (460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft) (2008) |
Pipelines:
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gas 14,688 km; oil 3,036 km; refined products 5,080 km (2008) |
Ports and terminals:
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Bordeaux, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg |
Merchant marine:
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total: 138
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 1, chemical tanker 32, container 25, liquefied gas 12, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 33, petroleum tanker 23, roll on/roll off 7
foreign-owned: 38 (Belgium 6, China 5, Denmark 2, Germany 1, Italy 2, Japan 1, NZ 1, Norway 5, Saudi Arabia 1, Singapore 2, Sweden 9, Switzerland 3)
registered in other countries: 127 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Australia 1, Bahamas 30, Belgium 2, Bermuda 1, Hong Kong 1, Indonesia 1, Isle of Man 1, Italy 2, Liberia 5, Luxembourg 17, Malta 5, Morocco 14, Netherlands 1, Norway 3, Panama 5, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6, Singapore 1, Taiwan 1, UK 23, Wallis and Futuna 6) (2008) |
Airports:
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475 (2008) |
Airports density:
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134,859 people per Airport |
Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 295
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 26
1,524 to 2,437 m: 98
914 to 1,523 m: 82
under 914 m: 75 (2008) |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 180
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 71
under 914 m: 106 (2008) |
Heliports:
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3 (2007) |
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