Railways:
total: 29,370 km
standard gauge: 29,203 km 1.435-m gauge (14,778 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:
total: 950,985 km
paved: 950,985 km (metropolitan France; includes 10,490 km of
expressways)
note: there are another 5,083 km of roadways in overseas departments
(2005)
Waterways: 8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric
tons) (2006)
Pipelines: gas 14,665 km; oil 3,032 km; refined products 4,947 km
(2007)
Ports and terminals: Bordeaux, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre,
Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg
Merchant marine:
total: 141 ships (1000 GRT or over) 5,777,107 GRT/7,533,631 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 1, chemical tanker 31, container 25,
liquefied gas 14, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 32, petroleum tanker 22, roll
on/roll off 7, vehicle carrier 4
foreign-owned: 56 (Belgium 6, China 5, Denmark 3, Germany 1, Italy 2,
Japan 5, Norway 17, NZ 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Singapore 2, Sweden 10, Switzerland 3)
registered in other countries: 145 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Australia 1,
Bahamas 43, Belgium 1, Bermuda 1, Cameroon 1, Gibraltar 1, Hong Kong 1,
Indonesia 1, Isle of Man 2, Italy 5, South Korea 8, Liberia 5, Luxembourg 14,
Malta 4, Morocco 13, Netherlands 1, Norway 3, Panama 15, Singapore 1, St Vincent
and The Grenadines 7, Taiwan 1, UK 9, Wallis and Futuna 6) (2007)
Airports: 476 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 292
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 27
1,524 to 2,437 m: 97
914 to 1,523 m: 80
under 914 m: 74 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 184
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 72
under 914 m: 108 (2007)
Heliports: 3 (2007)
This information comes from the CIA
World Factbook August 2008.
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