Telephone numbers in France

Telephone numbers in Metropolitan France

5 geographic zones
Country	Metropolitan France
Continent	Europe
Regulator	ARCEP
Numbering plan type	Closed
NSN length	9
Format	0x xx xx xx xx
Country code	33
International access	00
Long-distance	0

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. Telephone numbers are usually stated as a sequence of five digit-pairs, e.g., 0x xx xx xx xx–and not, for example, 0 xxx-xxx-xxx or others.^[2]

Overseas departments and collectivities have distinct country codes and different digit grouping formats.