Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to France from overseas:

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for France, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 33 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from France you will have to dial france-exit-code (eg: france-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The present date and time in Paris, France can be found at Time in Paris.

France’s standard time is 1 Hour away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

France utilises Daylight Time Saving in most locations.

Telephone area codes in France are usually referred to as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was previously referred to as STD codes in France.

These phone area codes are essential only if calling from outside the telephone code area. But it is important when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in France usually show geographical areas within France that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in France is generally preceded in the dial string by the French country code or the international access code for France ("33").

Phone Area codes in France in many cases are quoted together with the country access code for France.