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FRANCE
Capital City:Paris Population:57,571,000 Area:551,500 km2
Current series 01 - 2B 21 - 40 41 - 60 61 - 80 81 - 95 Miscellaneous series Overseas departements and territories
General historical dates:
April 1950: former normal series begins (codes 1-90) May 1965: codes 91-95 commenced March 1974: 75 issues 3letter serial January 1976: 20 = 2A + 2B
January 1993: reflective plates obligatory (front white, rear yellow) 2003: blue Euroband mandatory April 2007: white plates permitted at rear April 2009: current series started
02 = Aisne (Laon), Picardie, 1997
03 = Allier (Moulins), Auvergne, 2004
04 = Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (Digne-les-Bains), Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur, 2001
06 = Alpes-Maritimes (Nice), Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur, 1984
07= Ardèche (Privas), Rhône-Alpes, 1967
08 = Ardennes (Charleville-Mézières), Champagne - Ardenne, 1999
09 = Ariège (Foix), Midi-Pyrénées, 1988
10 = Aube (Troyes), Champagne - Ardenne, 2002
12 = Aveyron (Rodez), Midi - Pyrénées, 1998
13 = Bouches-du-Rhône (Marseille), Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur, 2000 (WV), 2004 (ACV), 2006 (AQK)
14 = Calvados (Caen), Basse-Normandie, 1989 (TQ), 1997 (WK)
15= Cantal (Aurillac), Auvergne, 1990
16 = Charente (Angoulême), Poitou - Charente, 1970 (LH), 1998 (SX)
17 = Charente-Maritime (La Rochelle), Poitou - Charentes, 2001
18 = Cher (Bourges), Centre - Val de Loire, 1998
19 = Corrèze (Tulle), Limousin, 2002
20 = Corse (Ajaccio), Corse, 292 GJ 20 = very last plate issued with 20 - 31. 12. 1975
2A = Corse-du-Sud (Ajaccio), Corse, 1993