Input Fields

For France, GeocodeAddressGlobal takes a street address , PO Box or intersection as input. To obtain the best performance and the most possible matches, your input address lists should be as complete as possible, free of misspellings and incomplete addresses, and as close to postal authority standards as possible. Most postal authorities have websites that contain information about address standards for their particular country.

The following table lists the input fields used for geocoding locations in France.

Data.AddressLine1

For most countries, the AddressLine1 field should contain the address line that has the street name and building number and/or PO Box in it.

This field can also contain the full address. For more information, see Single Line Input.

Addresses in CAN, FRA and GBR containing PO Box information in place of, or in addition to, street address can be geocoded.

For all countries except Argentina, Great Britain, and Japan, this field can contain a street intersection. To specify a street intersection, use double ampersand (&&) to separate the streets. For more information, see Street Intersection Input.

Table 1. Input Fields for France

Parameter

Description

Data.AddressLine1

One of the following:

  • The address line containing the street name and building number or PO Box or both. For example:

    9, rue Paul Lafayette
    93217 ST DENIS CEDEX

  • This field can also contain the full address. For more information, see Single Line Input
  • For all countries except Argentina, Great Britain, and Japan, this field can contain a street intersection. To specify a street intersection, use double ampersand (&&) to separate the streets. For more information, see Street Intersection Input.

For France, an input street address can include a numbered range. For example, consider an input address of 104-106 rue de Charenton. The returned candidate includes two address ranges, and the 104 close match is from the 100-106 range. Alphanumeric ranged addresses are also handled (for example, you could input a alphanumeric ranged address like 2A-4B. If the geocoding database has alphabetic values for the input house number, the geocoder returns the house number as it exists in the database (with or without the alphabetic character). If the geocoder cannot confirm alphabetic values for the input house number, it returns the alphabetic value that was provided on input (as long as the house number matched).

Data.AddressLine2

This field is not used in this country.

Data.City

The city or town name. For most countries, your input address should use the official city name or alias.

Some areas in France are generally recognized as cities even though they are not truly administrative cities. These areas represent Artificial City Areas, or Virtual Towns. For a listing of supported virtual towns, see Address Guidelines for France.

Data.County

The meaning of county varies by country.

  • FRA (France)—Department

The department name.

Data.FirmName

Company or place name. For example:

Pitney Bowes
Immeuble Le Triangle
9, rue Paul Lafargue
93217 ST DENIS CEDEX

Data.HouseNumber

The building number. You may get better parsing results for some countries if you put the house number in this field instead of AddressLine1. Not every country includes house number data.

Note: The house number specified in the HouseNumber field takes precedence over any house number specified in the AddressLine1 field.

Data.LastLine

The last line of the address.

  • 9, rue Paul Lafayette
    93217 ST DENIS CEDEX

Data.Locality

The meaning of locality varies by country. Generally a locality is a village in rural areas or it may be a suburb in urban areas. When used, a locality typically appears on the last line of the address with the postcode.

  • FRA (France)—Not used

Data.PostalCode

The postal code in the appropriate format for the country.

France has a five-digit postal code. You must enter a complete postcode. The first two digits usually represent the department. The digits 00 represent military addresses and there are also special digit for overseas territories. The last three digits represent the local delivery area. In the larger cities (Paris, Lyon Marseille), the last two digits represent the arrondissement. For example, in the postcode: 33380, 33 is the department 380 is the delivery area.

Data.StateProvince

The meaning of State/Province varies by country.

  • FRA (France)—Region