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France

Passport and visa service: Consult the website of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For further information: Consult the website of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in French)
Contact your embassy

Official language: French
Other languages spoken: The regional languages (Breton, Corsican, Catalan, etc.) are only spoken locally and by a minority of French people.
Business language: According to the type of company contacted, its geographical location and sector of activity, it may be difficult to find someone who speaks English.
Getting some knowledge: Use the travlang website. You can also use the ContexTrans website for translation services.
Free translation tools: Voilà - Translator of words, text and web pages
Educnet - Portal for free translation tools
Foreignword - Translator of words and text
Google - Translator of words, text and web pages
Lexilogo - Free dictionary arabic-french-arabic
Translated - Free translation arabic-french-arabic
TV5 - Free translation arabic-french-arabic

Domestic currency: Euro
ISO Code: EUR
To obtain domestic currency: The most practical way is to withdraw money directly from ATMs. There are many of them and they are easily accessible in airports, city centers, and all over the country.
Possible means of payment: Places where you can pay with foreign currency are rare.
In stores, restaurants, hotels, cafés payment is made in cash or by credit card, according to the sum. American Express cards are not accepted very often.
Exchange rate on
Automatic Teller Machines (ATM): To find out the locations of ATMs in in France, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Type of climate: In France, the climate varies according to the region: temperate, oceanic, with mild winters and summers in the West and North West; continental in the East; Mediterranean, with hot, very dry summers, and mild, wet winters, sometimes very windy in the South East.
For further information: The Météo France website

Telephone codes: Pour contacter un correspondant à l'étranger vous devrez composer : le préfixe international + l'indicatif + le numéro d'appel de votre correspondant (sans le 0 au début).
To call in France from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +33.
To call Tunisia from France, dial 00 (ou +) 216.
Mobile telephone standards: GSM, EDGE, GPRS, Radiocom 2000, UMTS, WCDMA.
Internet suffix: .fr
Emergency numbers

Police	17
Firemen	18
SAMU (emergency medical services)	15
Telephone assistance in all European languages	112