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Old EXChange Names Used in Paris

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Mark J Cuccia

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Mar 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/1/96

PARIS TELEPHONE EXCHANGE NAMES used prior to October 1963:

The Paris dial was an expansion of the UK dial.

The UK and Paris dials differ from North America in that:

the `0' figure in the UK and Paris had the letter `O'
the `6' figure in the UK and Paris have the letters `MN'
while in North America the `6' has `MNO' while `0' either has no letters
but some older US/Canada dials had a letter `Z' on the numeral `0'.

Some *old* London dials also had the word `OPERATOR' on the numeral `0' as
well as the letter `O'.

The Paris dial expands on the UK dial in that the numeral `0' also
has the letter `Q' in addition to the letter `O'.

The following old Paris Exchange Names are listed in `numerical' order
along with their numericals. Anything which had a significant letter `O'
or `Q' (i.e. the digit `0' generating ten dial pulses) is listed
numerically *after* any significant `9' names/letters.

Also, Paris had 3-digit Central Office Codes which began with a `0'
when they still used 7-digit local numbers.

This information comes from a mid-1960's Paris telephone directory
which I found in the out-of-town telephone directories at a local area
library sometime back in the 1970's. From what I could determine from
the French language text, Paris went to `ANC' (All-Number-Calling) on
1 Oct. 1963. An alphabetical list of exchange names and their
numericals was included to help subscribers translate names/letters to
numbers.

Paris used `3L-4N' numbering. The exchange names used the first
*three* letters as significant dialed letters of the name. There was a
maximum of 112 exchange names in use in Paris by September 1963. I
don't know which neighberhoods were served by which exchanges, nor do
I know the trunking patterns used, but I think that Paris used
Step-by-Step switching at that time with some form ofcommon-control
`director' tandem, similar to London and other large UK cities.

Since this list is ASCII text of a US Character set, there won't be
any French punctuation, accents, etc. Only the significant dialed
first three letters are capitalized. Hyphenated and double word
exchange names are all shown as hyphenated names but the second word
is not capitalized here since the letters are not significant dialed
letters. Neither are words with an apostrophe if the letters are not
significant dialed letters. My apologies to French language and
cultural purists.

222 BABylone 343 DIDerot 587 JUSsieu 782 STAde
224 BAGatelle 783 SUFfren
225 BALzac 352 FLAndre 506 LONgchamp
227 CARnot 359 ELYsees 508 LOUvre 797 PYRenees
228 BATignolles 350 FLOrian
622 MAC-mahon 702 ROBinson
235 BELle-elpine 368 ENTrepot 624 MAIliot 704 POIncare
236 CENtral 627 MARcadet 705 SOLferino
237 BERny 387 EURope 628 NATion 706 POMpadour
380 ETOile 707 PORt-royal
242 CHArlebourg 633 MEDicis 700 ROQuette
243 CHEnier 306 FONtenoy 636 MENilmontant
307 DORian 637 MERmoz 824 TAItbout
253 ALEsia 825 VAL-d'or
254 CLIgnancourt 425 GALvant 642 MIChelet 828 VAUgirard
256 ALMa 647 MIRabeau
250 BLOmet 468 INValides 842 VICtor
605 MOLitor 845 VILlette
265 ANJou 472 GRAvelle 606 MONtmartre
473 GREsillons 607 NORd 873 TREmblay
272 ARChives 874 TRInite
273 BREtagne 482 ITAlie 722 SABlons 878 TRUdaine
270 BROssolette 488 GUTenberg 726 RAMeau 870 TROcadero
727 PASsy
283 BUFfon 402 GOBelins 887 TURbigo
284 AVIation 408 GOUnod 733 REDoute
287 AVRon 734 SEGur 805 VOLtaire
288 AUTeuil 522 LABorde 735 PELletan 808 TOUrelle
523 LAFfitte 736 RENan
204 BOIleau 526 LAMartine 737 PEReire 924 WAGram
205 BOLivar 527 JASmin 738 SEVigne
206 COMbat 528 LAVoisier 023 OBErkampf
207 BOSsuet 742 RIChelieu 027 OBServatoire
208 BOTzaris 532 LECourbe 744 PIGalle
535 KELlermann 033 ODEon
324 DAGuerre 752 PLAine
326 DANton 548 LITtre 073 OPEra
328 DAUmesnil 770 PROvence 076 ORNano
553 KLEber
333 DEFense

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But you forgot OPEra ... They had Opera
for a long time; I distinctly remember calling an Opera number in
Paris sometime back in the sixties. PAT]

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