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title: ".fr" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1986-establishments-in-france", "internet-properties-established-in-1986", "country-code-top-level-domains", "internet-in-france", "council-of-european-national-top-level-domain-registries-members"] description: "Internet country-code top level domain for France" topic_path: "geography/france" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.fr" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Internet country-code top level domain for France ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Top level domain"]

Field	Value
name	.fr
background	#CCF
image	Domaine_.fr_logo.svg
introduced
type	Country code top-level domain
status	Active
registry	AFNIC
sponsor	AFNIC
intendeduse	Entities connected with France
actualuse	Very popular in France
restrictions	Restricted to residents of the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
registereddomains	3.979.042
dateregistereddomains	9 October 2022
refregistereddomains
document	Registration Agreement
disputepolicy	Alternative Dispute Resolutions
website	AFNIC
dnssec	Yes
::

|name=.fr |background=#CCF |image=Domaine_.fr_logo.svg |caption= |introduced= |type=Country code top-level domain |status=Active |registry=AFNIC |sponsor=AFNIC |intendeduse=Entities connected with France |actualuse=Very popular in France |restrictions=Restricted to residents of the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein |registereddomains = 3.979.042 |dateregistereddomains = 9 October 2022 |refregistereddomains = |document=Registration Agreement

|disputepolicy=Alternative Dispute Resolutions |website=AFNIC |dnssec=Yes |}}

.fr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for France administered by the AFNIC.

Requirements

In order to purchase and use a .fr domain, they must be a resident of the European Union or an EFTA member state (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein).

British restrictions

Due to the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, since 1 January 2021 UK residents are not able to register new .fr domains. However, the AFNIC has stated that all domains registered before 31 December 2020 by Britons will not be affected.

Registration

The domain includes all individuals and organizations registered at the Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération (AFNIC).

Since 2004, websites registered with the .fr domain are archived and preserved by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Other domains under French administration

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Domain	Territory
.bl	Saint Barthélemy
.gf	French Guiana
.gp	Guadeloupe
.mf	Saint Martin
.mq	Martinique
.nc	New Caledonia
.pf	French Polynesia
.pm	Saint Pierre and Miquelon
.re	Réunion
.tf	French Southern Territories
.yt	Mayotte
::

References

References

1. "Données détaillées sur les domaines - AFNIC".
2. ".FR domain policies".
3. Neylon, Michele. (2020-05-27). "Brexit Will Impact .EU and .FR Domains".
4. Gayard, Laurent. (2018-04-16). "Darknet: Geopolitics and Uses". John Wiley & Sons.
5. (2008-09-18). "Legal deposit of the French Web: harvesting strategies for a national domain". HAL.

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