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<title>
France: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: France
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: French National Railways (SNCF) operates 34,322 km
1.435-meter standard gauge; 12,434 km electrified, 15,132 km
double or multiple track; 99 km of various gauges (1.000-meter),
privately owned and operated
</p>
<p>Highways: 1,551,400 km total; 33,400 km national highway;
347,000 km departmental highway; 421,000 km community roads;
750,000 km rural roads; 5,401 km of controlled-access divided
autoroutes; about 803,000 km paved
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 14,932 km; 6,969 km heavily traveled
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 3,059 km; petroleum products 4,487 km;
natural gas 24,746 km
</p>
<p>Ports: coastal - Bordeaux, Boulogne, Brest, Cherbourg,
Dunkerque, Fos-Sur-Mer, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Sete,
Toulon; inland - Rouen
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 130 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
3,224,945 GRT/5,067,252 DWT; includes 7 short-sea passenger, 10
cargo, 20 container, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 27
roll-on/roll-off, 36 oil tanker, 11 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied
gas, 2 specialized tanker, 10 bulk; note - France also maintains
a captive register for French-owned ships in the Kerguelen
Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) and French
Polynesia
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 471</l>
<l> usable: 461</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 256</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 3</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 37</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 136</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: highly developed; extensive cable and
microwave radio relay networks; large-scale introduction of
optical-fiber systems; satellite systems for domestic traffic;
39,200,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 41 AM, 800 (mostly
repeaters) FM, 846 (mostly repeaters) TV; 24 submarine coaxial
cables; 2 INTELSAT earth stations (with total of 5 antennas - 2
for the Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 3 for the Atlantic Ocean
INTELSAT); HF radio communications with more than 20 countries;
INMARSAT service; EUTELSAT TV service
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