Transportation Of France

Railways
Highways
Waterways 8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2000)
Pipelines gas 13,946 km; oil 3,024 km; refined products 4,889 km (2003)
Ports and harbors Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice, Le Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mulhouse, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Saint Nazaire, Saint Malo, Strasbourg (2003)
Merchant marine
total: 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 703,639 GRT/889,705 DWT
by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 6, container 2, liquefied gas 4, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 10, roll on/roll off 2, short-sea/passenger 4
registered in other countries: 118 (2003 est.)
foreign-owned: Germany 1, Monaco 2, New Caledonia 1, Sweden 5
Airports 477 (2003 est.)
Airports with paved runways
total: 281
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 28
914 to 1,523 m: 82
under 914 m: 63 (2003 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 95
Airports with unpaved runways
total: 196
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 70
under 914 m: 123 (2003 est.)
Heliports 3 (2003 est.)

 

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