The France country code is +33 — the gateway to the EU's 2nd-largest economy + 68 million French people, plus 81 million mobile subscriptions across Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free Mobile. The only EU country with a 5-zone area-code system (01/02/03/04/05) keyed to geographic quadrants.
France was one of the very first ITU members, assigned +33 in 1949. Here is the elegant 5-zone French numbering scheme and the quirks that catch most foreign callers.
France has used the +33 country code since 1949, when the ITU placed it in zone 3 alongside Belgium +32, Spain +34, Italy +39, the UK +44 and Germany +49. The "3" suffix was the third single-digit slot in zone 3 — France is one of the shortest 2-digit codes in Europe.
France's telecom industry is regulated by ARCEP (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques, des Postes et de la distribution de la Presse). Four mobile carriers operate: Orange (~26M subs, the former France Télécom), SFR (~20M), Bouygues Telecom (~20M), and Free Mobile (~15M, launched 2012 by Iliad).
French area codes are uniquely simple — only 5 zones, each 1 digit after the leading 0. <b>01</b> covers Île-de-France (Paris region). <b>02</b> covers north-west (Normandy, Brittany, Pays de la Loire). <b>03</b> covers north-east (Grand Est, Hauts-de-France). <b>04</b> covers south-east (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, PACA). <b>05</b> covers south-west (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie).
France pioneered videotex. The famous Minitel service — France\'s pre-Web online network — launched in 1980 by France Télécom + ran until 30 June 2012, a 32-year run. At its peak (1993) Minitel had 9 million terminals + 25,000 services accessible over the +33 PSTN network. It hosted everything from train bookings to early online dating to the first French e-commerce — predating the World Wide Web by 11 years.
A French phone number in international format is written as +33 [zone] [8-digit local]. For example, +33 1 42 86 82 00 for Paris (domestic 01 42 86 82 00), +33 4 78 76 12 34 for Lyon (Rhône-Alpes), or +33 6 12 34 56 78 for a French mobile.
French mobile numbers start with 06 or 07 domestically — written internationally as +33 6 or +33 7. Every French phone number is exactly 10 digits domestically (the leading 0 + 9 more) = 9 digits internationally after the +33. The leading 0 is dropped when dialing from abroad. French numbers are spoken in groups of 2 digits — "zéro-un, quarante-deux, quatre-vingt-six, quatre-vingt-deux, zéro-zéro".
+33 1 42 86 82 00 reaches Paris.From the Champs-Élysées in the 8e arrondissement to the lavender fields of Provence, every metropolitan French number lives behind a +33. Pick the zone that matches your customer region.
Every country uses a different international exit code before the +33 France country code. From any mobile, the + symbol replaces the exit code automatically — so +33 1 42 86 82 00 works worldwide. Always drop the leading 0 from French numbers (01 Paris → 1, 06 mobile → 6) when dialing from abroad.
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+33 reaches Europe's 2nd-largest economy + the Francophone world. From SEPA + La Banque Postale OTPs to WhatsApp + Doctolib verifications, French apps expect +33.
French banks (BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale, La Banque Postale, BoursoBank, Revolut) + SEPA Direct Debit + Carte Bleue 3D-Secure all SMS OTPs to +33 numbers. Many block foreign numbers as fraud risk.
+33 reaches metropolitan France + the French-speaking EU (Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, parts of Switzerland). Plus the cultural gateway to Francophone Africa (Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon — all major Orange Africa markets).
A 01 prefix says "Île-de-France — Paris, La Défense, Saint-Denis, Boulogne-Billancourt, Versailles". A 04 reads as Côte d'Azur or Lyon Rhône-Alpes. The zone digit is your customer's instant regional anchor.
France runs on CET (UTC+1) in winter + CEST (UTC+2) in summer. Same clock as Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Vienna + Warsaw. Pan-EU business hours align cleanly.
CallMama routes +33 numbers through EU-licensed carriers under GDPR + ARCEP regulations. Voice + SMS data stays within the EU/EEA. CNIL-compliant.
French unicorns + scale-ups (Doctolib for health, Yuka for food, Vinted for resale, Back Market for refurb tech, Qonto for SME banking, ManoMano) verify with a +33 mobile before unlocking full features.
Pick your zone — 01 Paris, 04 Lyon/Marseille, 05 Toulouse/Bordeaux, 02 Nantes/Rennes, 03 Lille/Strasbourg — and start calling, texting and receiving SEPA + Carte Bleue + Doctolib OTPs from real French customers.
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Name, country code, ISO 3166 alpha-2 & alpha-3, exit code, and ITU zone. Filter by continent or search by name or code.
| Country | Code | ISO-2 | ISO-3 | Exit | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | +93 | AF | AFG | 00 | 9 |
| Albania | +355 | AL | ALB | 00 | 3 |
| Algeria | +213 | DZ | DZA | 00 | 2 |
| American Samoa | +1 | AS | ASM | 011 | 1 |
| Andorra | +376 | AD | AND | 00 | 3 |
| Angola | +244 | AO | AGO | 00 | 2 |
| Anguilla | +1 | AI | AIA | 011 | 1 |
| Antarctica | +672 | AQ | ATA | 00 | 6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | +1 | AG | ATG | 011 | 1 |
| Argentina | +54 | AR | ARG | 00 | 5 |
| Armenia | +374 | AM | ARM | 00 | 3 |
| Aruba | +297 | AW | ABW | 00 | 2 |
| Australia | +61 | AU | AUS | 0011 | 6 |
| Austria | +43 | AT | AUT | 00 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | +994 | AZ | AZE | 00 | 9 |
| Bahamas | +1 | BS | BHS | 011 | 1 |
| Bahrain | +973 | BH | BHR | 00 | 9 |
| Bangladesh | +880 | BD | BGD | 00 | 8 |
| Barbados | +1 | BB | BRB | 011 | 1 |
| Belarus | +375 | BY | BLR | 810 | 3 |
011 33 1 42 86 82 00 for a Paris landline, or 011 33 6 12 34 56 78 for a French mobile. On any mobile, replace 011 with +.00 33 4 91 13 89 00 for a Marseille landline. Or use +33 1 42 86 82 00 from any UK mobile.00 33 5 56 79 39 00 for Bordeaux. India is one of France\'s major bilateral partners — ~€15B annual trade flow.+33 [zone] [8-digit local]. Example: +33 1 42 86 82 00 for Paris (01 42 86 82 00 domestic), +33 4 78 76 12 34 for Lyon, +33 6 12 34 56 78 for a French mobile. French numbers are always read in pairs of 2 digits: "zéro-un, quarante-deux, quatre-vingt-six".One tap to install. One more to call. It really is that simple.