F 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
61 = Orne (Alençon), Basse-Normandie, 2006
62 = Pas-de-Calais (Arras), Nord - Pas-de-Calais, 1989 (NQ), 2003 (VT)
63 = Puy-de-Dôme (Clermont-Ferrand), Auvergne, 1981
64 = Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Pau), Aquitaine, 1999
65 = Hautes-Pyrénées (Tarbes), Midi - Pyrénées, 1989
66 = Pyrénées-Orientales (Perpignan), Languedoc - Rousillon, 2000
67 = Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg), Alsace, 1986 (VA), 2006 (ASR, AST)
68 = Haut-Rhin (Colmar), Alsace, 2002
69 = Rhône (Lyon), Rhône - Alpes, 2001 (XC), 2005 (ADE, AEV)
70 = Haute-Saône (Vesoul), Franche - Comté, 1993
71 = Saône-et-Loire (Macôn), Bourgogne, 1997
72 = Sarthe (Le Mans), Pays de la Loire, 1998
73 = Savoie (Chambéry), Rhône - Alpes, 1986
74 = Haute-Savoie (Annecy), Rhône - Alpes, 2001, motorcycle plate
75 = Paris, Île-de-France, 1979
75 = Paris, Île-de-France, 2002 (PEB), 2003 (PKS), 2005 (QGA)
76 = Seine-Maritime (Rouen), Haute-Normandie, 2005
77 = Seine-et-Marne (Melun), Île-de-France, 2004
78 = Yvelines (Versailles), Île-de-France, 1969, rear plate for commercial vehicle
78 = Yvelines (Versailles), Île-de-France, 1996 (AJS), 2002 (CGF), 2007 (EAN)
79 = Deux-Sèvres (Niort), Poitou - Charentes, 1969
80 = Somme (Amiens), Picardie, 2001