France Central
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Use the region facts and planning sections to review its programmatic name, availability zones, pairing, and access requirements.
France Central is part of Azure public cloud, in Paris, France. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is France South.
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Latency
Published round-trip measurements from France Central to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,162 Linux and 1,074 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in France Central.
Compare France Central VM pricesIP ranges
190 IPv4 and 177 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.centralfrance. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View France Central IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- francecentral
- Location
Paris, France
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- France South
- Approx. opening year
2018
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in France
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
France Central and France South are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the France geography.
France South has restricted access. Paired region eligibility: Reserved for France Central customers requiring in-country disaster recovery
Published median round-trip latency from France Central to France South: 14 ms.
A region pair does not automatically replicate your application or enable failover. Configure recovery for each service you use.
How Azure region pairing worksAccess and service availability
Eligibility: Available to all customers and partners
Available services, VM sizes, and quota still depend on the region and subscription.
Check products available by regionAvailability zone planning
France Central: 3 availability zones. France South: No availability zones listed.
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting France Central alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from France Central
The three lowest measured destinations in Microsoft's P50 (median) round-trip dataset. These are Azure backbone measurements; use the browser test for your own connection.
| Destination region | Median round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Belgium Central | 9 ms |
| UK South | 10 ms |
| Germany West Central | 12 ms |