France

Railroads:

total:

34,074 km

standard gauge:

33,975 km 1.435-m gauge (5,850 km electrified; 12,132 km double or multiple track)

other:

99 km various gauges including 1.000-m (privately owned and operated) (1994)

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:

with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:

with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

with paved runways under 914 m:

188

with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m:

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: