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Railways:
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total: 29,640 km
standard gauge: 29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,361 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2009) |
Transportation - note:
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Roadways:
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total: 951,200 km (metropolitan France; includes 11,100 km of expressways)
note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2008) |
Waterways:
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metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2010) |
Pipelines:
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gas 15,276 km; oil 2,939 km; refined products 5,084 km (2010) |
Ports and terminals:
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Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen |
Merchant marine:
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total: 167
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 8, chemical tanker 36, container 25, liquefied gas 12, passenger 11, passenger/cargo 44, petroleum tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 11
foreign-owned: 57 (Belgium 7, China 5, Denmark 12, French Polynesia 12, Germany 1, New Caledonia 3, Norway 1, NZ 1, Singapore 3, Spain 1, Sweden 6, Switzerland 5)
registered in other countries: 146 (Bahamas 19, Belgium 5, Bermuda 1, Canada 1, Cyprus 16, Egypt 1, Hong Kong 3, Indonesia 1, Italy 2, Luxembourg 16, Malta 13, Morocco 4, Netherlands 2, Norway 4, Panama 13, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Singapore 3, South Korea 1, Taiwan 1, UK 33, US 4, unknown 1) (2010) |
Airports:
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475 (2010) |
Airports density:
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137,500 people per Airport |
Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 297
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 27
1,524 to 2,437 m: 98
914 to 1,523 m: 83
under 914 m: 76 (2010) |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 177
914 to 1,523 m: 69
under 914 m: 108 (2010) |
Heliports:
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1 (2010) |
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