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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
41 = Loir-et-Cher (Blois), Centre - Val de Loire, 2000
42 = Loire (Saint Étienne), Rhône-Alpes, 1998
44 = Loire-Atlantique (Nantes), Pays de la Loire, 1996 (ZA), 2000 (AJJ)
45 = Loiret (Orléans), Centre - Val de Loire, 1999 (WS), 2007 (ZJ)
46 = Lot (Cahors), Midi - Pyrénées, 1998
47 = Lot-et-Garonne (Agen), Aquitaine, 1977
49 = Maine-et-Loire (Angers), Pays de la Loire, 1988 (TN), 2006 (ZK)
50 = Manche (Saint-Lô), Basse-Normandie, 2004
51 = Marne (Châlons-en-Champagne), Champagne - Ardenne, 1998 (YD), 2004 (ALN)
52 = Haute-Marne (Chaumont), Champagne - Ardenne, 1991
53 = Mayenne (Laval), Pays-de-la-Loire, 2004
54 = Meurthe-et-Moselle (Nancy), Lorraine, 1979 (SF), 2005 (AAA)
55 = Meuse (Bar-le-Duc), Lorraine, 2002
56 = Morbihan (Vannes), Bretagne, 2006
57 = Moselle (Metz), Lorraine, 1996 (ZS), 2005 (BJV)
58 = Nièvre (Nevers), Bourgogne, 2004 (SC), 2005 (SF)
59 = Nord (Lille), Nord - Pas-de-Calais, 1997 (YE), 2006 (CCR)
60 = Oise (Beauvais), Picardie, 1988 (VD), 2005 (AVW)