How do you address an envelope to france?

Question

i got a pen pal in france and i feel like i am not addressing it right because i have not recieved a reply yet, i dont know whether i dont have the entire address or im just doin it wrong

Answer 1

How did they present their address to you?  However they wrote it, that's how you should write it.

France

Format Examples

from the Universal Postal Union:

   Madame Duval             Some people prefer to write the recipient's last name in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, but the UPU does not deem this necessary.

   27, rue Pasteur          [street address (house/building number, street name)]

   14390 CABOURG            [postal code + city]  You may precede the postal code with France's country code and a dash, e.g. FR-14390

   FRANCE

   M. Bernard               this is a variant "Small locality" format

   Impasse Vivaldi

   VAUCE

   53300 COUESNES VAUCE

   FRANCE

  

Chris Herborth's Example

Format Information

The Universal Postal Union listing for France is one of the best, most informative of the UPU country listings. (in PDF format)

AskOxford: Writing Letters in French includes some information about addressing letters sent to French destinations.

Here's a sample of a letter applying for a job in France, very similar:

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http://www.iagora.com/iwork/resumes/lett...

Answer 2

You can actually do it much easier by just addressing it the same way you would a letter anywhere else.  Just make sure you add "FRANCE" at the bottom.  I'm not being facetious---I live half-time in the south of France, and this works all the time.