France

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	Pre-1992 official front plate.
	Gendarmerie motorcycle plate. 6 = army and gendarmerie, 3 = 1973, 9 = motorcycle.
	Diplomatic front plate. 100 = Senegal.
	Consular rear plate. 59 = Israel, 75 = Ville da Paris.
	Normal series plate, 2A = Corse-du-Sud. pre-1993 plate style. In 1976, the department of Corse (code 20) was split into Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse, which received the new codes 2A and 2B respectively, thus deviating from the normally numeric-only department codes.
	Normal series plate, 28 = Eure-et-Loire. pre-1993 plate style, larger size plate made to fit a specific car model.
	Two line normal series plate, 28 = Eure-et-Loire. pre-1993 plate style.
	Normal series pair, 75 = Ville de Paris. pre-1993 plate style
	Motorcycle plate, 69 = Rhône. pre-1993 plate style
	Motorcycle plate, 75 = Ville de Paris. This is a crudely made plate with plastic stickers on a cardboard backing. I don't know whether this is legal, but motorcycle plates are much more often seen in odd styles than car plates.
	Normal series rear plate, 17 = Charente-Maritime. Reflective plates became mandatory in 1993.
	Normal series pair, 49 = Maine-et-Loire. Reflective plates became mandatory in 1993. This pair obviously was on a Lutus car. The front plate is smaller than legally allowed, probably to complement the aerodynamics of the sports car.
	Normal series pair, 59 = Nord. Reflective plates mandatory since 1993, Euroband mandatory since 2003.
	Temporary rear plate, 75 = Ville de Paris. Before 1984, the expiration date was not shown on the plate
	Temporary rear plate,expiring January 1989, IT = foreign cultural staff and the like, 01 = Ain. IT series plates are the only French plates using the letter I.
	Provisional number in the form of a sticker, 92 = Essonne.
	Provisional number in the form of a sticker, 92 = Essonne.
	Provisional number. WW2 = valid for export out of France, 75 = Ville de Paris. The plate should have been spaced 2078 WW2 75.

See also from the Military Forces Abroad page:

	SHAPE Fontainbleau SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe) personnel plate. Series up to 1968. In that year France left NATO and SHAPE was moved to Brussels.
	French forces in Germany Current series. Second digit 3 = Lindau.
	German forces in France Current series.
	United States forces in France 1954-1958 series.
	United States forces in France 1961-1968 series. This is the last series, since U.S. Forces left France in 1968.