To: cmoore@brl.mil, dleibold@attmail.com, ptownson@gaak.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: French "area codes"
Cc: samama@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr
Hi there. Since I didn't know who to send this to, I sent it to the three of you. Upon reading your listings for zone 3, I realized that the French listing was not as detailed as it could be. Here is a list of French STDs, for potential inclusion, if you see fit, in the telecom archives. Feel free to edit the explanation, I realize it is a little convoluted, but it's Friday evening...
Best regards,
Thierry.
33 France
[France is currently divided into two dialing zones: the Paris region (zone 1), and the rest of France (zone 9). Within a zone, subscribers all have an 8D number, where the first four digits identify the local exchange and the last four digits identify the subscriber.]
In zone 9, the first two digits of the local exchange number have geographical significance, and they identify a "departement", which is somewhere between a county and a state.
20 Nord (Lille)
21 Pas-de-Calais
22 Somme
23 Aisne
24 Ardennes
25 Aube, Haute-Marne
26 Marne
27 Nord
28 Nord (Dunkerque)
29 Meuse, Vosges
31 Calvados
32 Eure
33 Manche, Orne
35 Seine-Maritime
36 All special services, dialable directly from both zones.