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France Coverage with the Base Adresse Nationale

French address searches now run on the Base Adresse Nationale (BAN), France's official national address database. Authoritative, localised address data across mainland France and the overseas territories.

Details

  • Official source: The BAN is France's government-maintained national address base, giving standardised coverage nationwide
  • Localised formatting: Addresses are parsed and formatted to French conventions, with province and province_code derived from the INSEE code
  • New dataset flag: Enable BAN on an API key with the ban dataset flag; France (FRA) is available as a search context