Reference Shelf

About France Converters Dictionaries Encyclopedias Government Language Learning

Maps Postal & Telephone Statistics Time & Weather Translators Transportation & Travel

About France

• Profile of France
• CIA World Factbook: France
• Culture.fr
• Paris Pages

Converters

• Metric conversion
• Universal Currency Converter

Dictionaries

• WordReference.com (French-English/English-French)
• ARTFL French-English/English-French dictionary
• Trésor de la Langue Française (French, with definitions & examples)
• Dictionnaire des synonymes (thesaurus)
• Grand dictionnaire terminologique
• French Dictionaries from About.com (dictionary links)
• Dictionnaires spécialisés francais (dictionary links)
• Leximagne (dictionary links)
• Dictionnaires d'autrefois (searchable historical dictionaries)
• Historic Dictionaries and Historical French (link list)

Encyclopedias

• Quid?
• Wikipédia
• Canadian Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert (historical)

Government

• Embassy of France in the United States
• Governments on the WWW: France (links to government agencies)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: France

Language Learning

• BBC French
• French Language Resources from About.com
• French Writing Resources from About.com
• Verb Conjugator
• IPA Chart of French Sounds

Maps

• Map of France (clickable regions)
• Géoportail (satellite)
• France Maps (traditional, static)
• Mappy.com (street maps, aerial photos, driving directions)
• Multimap.com (street maps)
• City Map of Paris (interactive)
• Atlas of Canada
• Modern Language Association Language Map (French in the U.S.)

Statistics

• Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE)
• Census Bureau International Database
• NationMaster

Postal & Telephone

• laposte.fr (postal services)
• Infobel (pages jaunes, pages blanches)

Time & Weather

• Current local time in Paris -- Québec (also links to other countries)
• Time Zone Converter
• Météo (France, also links to other countries)

Translators

• AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation
• Google Translate
• Free2Professional Translation

Transportation & Travel

• ViaMichelin (driving directions, street maps, traffic, weather)
• RATP (Paris Metro/RER/Bus)
• Subway Navigator
• SNCF (train)
• TGV (high speed train)
• Eurail
• Eurotunnel
• Air France
• Photos de villes (photos of buildings at specific addresses)