00333

00333 is a numeric string that commonly appears in telecommunication as a concatenation of the international dialing prefix and the country calling code for France. It can be read as the international access code “00” followed by the country code “33,” although the string 00333 itself is not an official standalone country code.

In practice, 00333 is used when dialing French numbers from abroad in regions where the international prefix is 00. The official ITU country code for France is +33; when dialing internationally, the leading domestic trunk zero is dropped. For example, a French number formatted domestically as 01 23 45 67 89 would be dialed internationally as 0033 1 23 45 67 89, or equivalently [phone]. In this format, the initial 0 of the domestic number is not used after the country code.

Limitations and clarifications: the validity of 00333 depends on the caller’s country having 00 as its international access code. Many countries instead use alternatives such as 011 or another prefix. Moreover, 00333 is a dialing format rather than a distinct international code; the canonical country calling code for France remains +33 (E.164).

See also: List of country calling codes, France, ITU-T E.164, international dialing.