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Address (FR)

Detect French street addresses using city and street name dictionaries.

Purpose

Use the address detector (region fr) for French street addresses.

This detector uses dictionary-backed matching with French city and street name databases. Currently in beta with limited coverage.

Detector Name

address

Region: fr

Usage

from fastpii import FastPII, DEFAULT_PRIORITY
from fastpii.countries.fr import FrenchPack

engine = FastPII(priority=DEFAULT_PRIORITY)
engine.register(FrenchPack())

result = engine.detect("5 Rue Kleber, 75001 Paris")

Limitations

  • French address detection is in beta with limited coverage
  • Street database contains 104 entries (all ASCII-transliterated, no accents)
  • City database contains 79 entries
  • Detection confidence may be lower than CZ detectors
  • Future releases will expand street and city coverage

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