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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
21 = Côte d'Or (Dijon), Bourgogne, 2000
22 = Côtes d'Armor (Saint Brieux), Bretagne, 2000
24 = Dordogne (Périgueux), Aquitaine, 1999
25 = Doubs (Besançon), Franche-Comté, 1991
26 = Drôme (Valence), Rhône-Alpes, 2005 (XB), 2006 (XE)
27 = Eure (Évreux), Haute-Normandie, 1996
28 = Eure-et-Loire (Chartres), Centre - Val de Loire, 2001
29 = Finistère (Quimper), Bretagne, 2005
30 = Gard (Nîmes), Languedoc - Rousillon, 1999
31 = Haute-Garonne (Toulouse), Midi-Pyrénées, 1998
33 = Gironde (Bordeaux), Aquitaine, 2001 (QE), 2005 (SK)
34 = Hérault (Montpellier), Languedoc - Rousillon, 1976
35 = Ille-et-Vilaine (Rennes), Bretagne, 2002
36 = Indre (Châteauroux), Centre - Val de Loire, 1953, original series with up to three numerals and single serial letter
37 = Indre-et-Loire (Tours), Centre - Val de Loire, 1990
38 = Isère (Grenoble), Rhône-Alpes, 1987 (YW), 2005 (CKZ)
39 = Jura (Lons-le-Saunier), Franche-Comté, 2003
40 = Landes (Mont-de-Marsan), Aquitaine, 2001