GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Airports:
473 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 297
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 26
1,524 to 2,437 m: 98
914 to 1,523 m: 83
under 914 m: 76 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 176
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 67
under 914 m: 109 (2012)

Heliports:
1 (2012)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 15,276 km; oil 2,939 km; refined products 5,084 km (2010)
[see also: Pipelines country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 29,640 km
country comparison to the world: 9
standard gauge: 29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,361 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2008)
[see also: Railways country ranks ]

Roadways:
total: 951,200 km (metropolitan France; includes 11,100 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world: 8
note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2007)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]

Waterways:
metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 16
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 162
country comparison to the world: 36
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 7, chemical tanker 34, container 27, liquefied gas 12, passenger 10, passenger/cargo 41, petroleum tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 11
foreign-owned: 50 (Belgium 7, Bermuda 5, Denmark 11, French Polynesia 11, Germany 1, New Caledonia 3, Singapore 3, Sweden 4, Switzerland 5)
registered in other countries: 151 (Bahamas 15, Belgium 7, Bermuda 1, Canada 1, Cyprus 16, Egypt 1, Hong Kong 4, Indonesia 1, Ireland 2, Italy 2, Luxembourg 15, Malta 8, Marshall Islands 7, Mexico 1, Morocco 3, Netherlands 2, Norway 5, Panama 7, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Singapore 3, South Korea 2, Taiwan 2, UK 39, US 4, unknown 1) (2010)
[see also: Merchant marine country ranks ]

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