Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Wallis and Futuna is an Overseas Territory of France. It forms part of the French mail system.
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
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The official language is French (120 speakers). There are 3 600 speakers of East Futuna
and 7 500 speakers of Wallisian
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Address generally follow the pattern of addresses in France, but with some differences.
Houses tend not to be numbered, and addresses contain a road name, a village name and a district name in this way:
FAMILY NAME[ ]Given name Company name {Thoroughfare name[, ]}{Village name[, ]}{District (Kingdom) name} Postal code[ ]ISLAND NAME
for example:
This example includes also a post office box address:
Post office boxes may be integrated into the street address or used separately as is normal in France, in one of two formats:
or
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
This is written Boîte Postale.
Addresses in Wallis and Futuna have postal codes (Code Postal) starting with ‘986’, most of them being 98600, 98610 or 98620.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
\A((986)\d{2,2})\Z
Wallis and Futuna telephone numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 6 digits. Mobile numbers commence with 40, 499, 80 or 82-83.
Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm
Every effort is made to keep this resource updated. If you find any errors, or have any questions or requests, please don't hesitate to contact the author.
All information copyright Graham Rhind 2017. Any information used should be acknowledged and referenced.