Cedex
Erick Brethenoux
The word Cedex means:
Courier d'Entreprise a Distribution EXceptionelle
It usually refers to the P.O. of the main post office concerned
with the 5 first digit of the Zip Code.
Erick Brethenoux
University of Delaware
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"Science is a cruel mistress"
Dr. Laurence
Le Grand Bleu
anne-marie k gorman
> The word Cedex means:
>
> Courier d'Entreprise a Distribution EXceptionelle
If it's courrier d'*entreprise* a distribution *exceptionnelle*, why does
it appear on every French address I've ever seen, including addresses of
privatre ordinary individuals? Are these people making a mistake by putting
Cedex in their address?
Also, which is more correct: Cedex or CEDEX?
Thanks.
Anne-Marie
Daniel Glazman
In article <42...@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> gor...@acsu.buffalo.edu (anne-marie k gorman) writes:
$ In article <34...@nigel.ee.udel.edu> bret...@udel.edu (Erick Brethenoux) w$rites:
$
$ > The word Cedex means:
$ >
$ > Courier d'Entreprise a Distribution EXceptionelle
$
$ If it's courrier d'*entreprise* a distribution *exceptionnelle*, why does
$ it appear on every French address I've ever seen, including addresses of
$ privatre ordinary individuals? Are these people making a mistake by putting
$ Cedex in their address?
$
$ Also, which is more correct: Cedex or CEDEX?
Every French address ???? Maybe cause you only know Companies or
Administration addresses in France... Ordinary addresses have a CEDEX code only
if it a special distribution (POBox for instance...). But this is rare for
*normal* citizens ! I'm French, I've always been living in Paris : nobody has
a *cedex* address among the people I know !
You can use both of "Cedex" and "CEDEX"... You can even use CDX...
/Daniel/, a French lost in Sweden...
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Philippe Schnoebelen
[about CEDEX]
>If it's courrier d'*entreprise* a distribution *exceptionnelle*, why does
>it appear on every French address I've ever seen, including addresses of
>privatre ordinary individuals? Are these people making a mistake by putting
>Cedex in their address?
Yes. In principle CEDEX is only used for places where a large volume of
mail arrives. Only "la Poste" can give you a CEDEX address. The CEDEX mail
is supposedly sorted apart and delivered apart from normal mail. This is
simply because it is more efficient for la Poste.
People older than 25 may remember the old ORTF address, at "Paris Brune".
Paris Brune is the precursor of the CEDEX mail.
>Also, which is more correct: Cedex or CEDEX?
CEDEX is more correct. Anyway, a business such as mail delivery must be
able to cope with such mistakes as Cedex :-)
--Philippe