Highways:
total: 1,511,200 km
paved: 811,200 km (including 7,700 km of controlled access divided
highway)
unpaved: 700,000 km (1992)
Inland waterways: 14,932 km; 6,969 km heavily traveled
Pipelines: crude oil 3,059 km; petroleum products 4,487 km; natural
gas 24,746 km
Ports: Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice, Le
Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mullhouse, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Saint
Nazaire, Saint Malo, Strasbourg
Merchant marine:
total: 78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,186,183 GRT/3,323,068
DWT
ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 7, chemical tanker 6, container 15,
liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 21, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 11, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 2
note: France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships
in the Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) and
French Polynesia
Airports:
total: 476
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 12
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 29
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 96
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 74
with paved runways under 914 m: 188
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 3
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 74
@France:Communications
Telephone system: 39,200,000 telephones; highly developed; extensive
cable and microwave radio relay networks; large-scale introduction of
optical-fiber systems; satellite systems for domestic traffic
local: NA
intercity: microwave radio relay, optical fiber cable, and domestic
satellites
international: 2 INTELSAT earth stations (with total of 5 antennas - 2
Indian Ocean and 3 for Atlantic Ocean); HF radio communications with
more than 20 countries; INMARSAT service; EUTELSAT TV service
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 41, FM 800 (mostly repeaters), shortwave 0
radios: 48 million
Television:
broadcast stations: 846 (mostly repeaters)
televisions: 36 million