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Official Languages: French

French Is the Sole Official Language under Article 2 of the Constitution, and Breton, Basque, Corsican and Occitan Are Protected Heritage Rather than Official. English Is Reliable in Paris, on the Coasts and in Hotels, Patchier in Small Towns, and Opening with Bonjour Changes the Reply You Get

Mobile Network: 4G Reaches More than 99 Percent of the Population and 5G Is Live across the Cities and Most Large Towns. The 2G Networks Are Now Closing Nationwide and 3G Follows from the End of 2028, so a Handset with No 4G Will Stop Connecting. Coverage Still Thins in the Alps, the Pyrenees and on the Smaller Islands

Roaming/SIM/eSIM: Visitors on an EU or EEA Plan Can Simply Roam, at Home Prices under Rules That Run to 2032, Subject to a Fair Use Cap on Data. Everyone Else Chooses between a Travel eSIM, Which Activates before You Land with Nothing to Collect, and a French SIM, Which the Law Registers against an Identity Document but Which Gives You a French Number and Works Out Cheaper over a Long Stay. Roaming from outside the EU Is the Expensive Option Unless Your Plan Already Covers France

Cards and Contactless Work Almost Everywhere. The Fifty Euro Contactless Cap Is No Longer a National Rule, so Newer Terminals Take a Larger Tap and Ask for Your PIN While Older Ones Still Refuse. Keep Twenty to Thirty Euros in Coins and Small Notes for Bakeries, Markets, Village Cafes and Toilets. Hotels Add a Nightly Tourist Tax per Person That the Room Rate Rarely Includes

Service Is Included in the Menu Price by Law, so the Bill Total Is the Whole of What You Owe. Rounding Up or Leaving a Euro or Two Is Normal in a Cafe or Bistro, and 5 to 10 Percent Is Generous in a Serious Restaurant. Tips Have Been Exempt from Tax and Social Charges since 2022, so Card Terminals Now Offer the Option Where They Once Did Not. Round Up a Taxi Fare, and a Euro or Two Suits a Porter

Plug Type: Type C and Type E

Voltage: 230 V, 50 Hz

Adapter: Sockets Are the Recessed French Type with an Earth Pin, and a Two Pin Europlug Fits Them Too. Visitors from the UK, North America, Japan, Australia and Most of Asia Need an Adapter. Phone and Laptop Chargers Handle 100 to 240 Volts, but a 110 Volt Hairdryer or Travel Kettle Will Not Survive 230