Why your address in France may change The Connexion uses necessary cookies to help us provide you with a better user experience. By continuing to use this website, you accept our use of cookies. Accept Why your address in France may change Only communes with more than 2,000 residents in France currently have to create a list of addresses with street names and numbers, but this is set to change 5 March 2021 Mayors are facing growing calls for precise addresses using a Base Adresse Locale and registered on the Base Adresse Nationale (BAN) database for rural addresses in FranceBy Connexion journalist Slow emergency services responses, delays in home deliveries and problems with fitting fibre-optic links mean some addresses are to be changed to be more precise.