| .fr | |
| Background: |
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| 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: | [1] |
| 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. It is administered by AFNIC. The domain includes all individuals and organizations registered at the Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération (AFNIC).[2]
Since 2004, websites registered with the .fr domain are archived and preserved by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.[3]
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).[4]
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.[5]
CC TLD for the European Union