diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a2cf8c68cc..ec4a222a4e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     adurdin@gmail.com
     Andreas
     andy@jadedplanet.net
+    Fabrice Aneche <akh@nobugware.com>
     ant9000@netwise.it
     David Ascher <http://ascher.ca/>
     Arthur <avandorp@gmail.com>
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/__init__.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee87c5cda2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""
+FR-specific Form helpers
+"""
+
+from django.newforms import ValidationError
+from django.newforms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.newforms.util import smart_unicode
+from django.utils.translation import gettext
+import re
+
+phone_digits_re = re.compile(r'^0\d(\s|\.)?(\d{2}(\s|\.)?){3}\d{2}$')
+
+class FRZipCodeField(RegexField):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(FRZipCodeField, self).__init__(r'^\d{5}$',
+            max_length=None, min_length=None,
+            error_message=gettext(u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX.'),
+            *args, **kwargs)
+
+class FRPhoneNumberField(Field):
+    """
+    Validate local French phone number (not international ones)
+    The correct format is '0X XX XX XX XX'.
+    '0X.XX.XX.XX.XX' and '0XXXXXXXXX' validate but are corrected to
+    '0X XX XX XX XX'.
+    """
+    def clean(self, value):
+        super(FRPhoneNumberField, self).clean(value)
+        if value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+            return u''
+        value = re.sub('(\.|\s)', '', smart_unicode(value))
+        m = phone_digits_re.search(value)
+        if m:
+            return u'%s %s %s %s %s' % (value[0:2], value[2:4], value[4:6], value[6:8], value[8:10])
+        raise ValidationError(u'Phone numbers must be in 0X XX XX XX XX format.')
+
+class FRDepartmentSelect(Select):
+    """
+    A Select widget that uses a list of FR departments as its choices.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, attrs=None):
+        from fr_department import DEPARTMENT_ASCII_CHOICES # relative import
+        super(FRDepartmentSelect, self).__init__(attrs, choices=DEPARTMENT_ASCII_CHOICES)
+
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/fr_department.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/fr_department.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..726cc7b13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/fr_department.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+DEPARTMENT_ASCII_CHOICES = (
+('01', '01 - Ain'),
+('02', '02 - Aisne'),
+('03', '03 - Allier'),
+('04', '04 - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence'),
+('05', '05 - Hautes-Alpes'),
+('06', '06 - Alpes-Maritimes'),
+('07', '07 - Ardeche'),
+('08', '08 - Ardennes'),
+('09', '09 - Ariege'),
+('10', '10 - Aube'),
+('11', '11 - Aude'),
+('12', '12 - Aveyron'),
+('13', '13 - Bouches-du-Rhone'),
+('14', '14 - Calvados'),
+('15', '15 - Cantal'),
+('16', '16 - Charente'),
+('17', '17 - Charente-Maritime'),
+('18', '18 - Cher'),
+('19', '19 - Correze'),
+('21', '21 - Cote-d\'Or'),
+('22', '22 - Cotes-d\'Armor'),
+('23', '23 - Creuse'),
+('24', '24 - Dordogne'),
+('25', '25 - Doubs'),
+('26', '26 - Drome'),
+('27', '27 - Eure'),
+('28', '28 - Eure-et-Loire'),
+('29', '29 - Finistere'),
+('2A', '2A - Corse-du-Sud'),
+('2B', '2B - Haute-Corse'),
+('30', '30 - Gard'),
+('31', '31 - Haute-Garonne'),
+('32', '32 - Gers'),
+('33', '33 - Gironde'),
+('34', '34 - Herault'),
+('35', '35 - Ille-et-Vilaine'),
+('36', '36 - Indre'),
+('37', '37 - Indre-et-Loire'),
+('38', '38 - Isere'),
+('39', '39 - Jura'),
+('40', '40 - Landes'),
+('41', '41 - Loir-et-Cher'),
+('42', '42 - Loire'),
+('43', '43 - Haute-Loire'),
+('44', '44 - Loire-Atlantique'),
+('45', '45 - Loiret'),
+('46', '46 - Lot'),
+('47', '47 - Lot-et-Garonne'),
+('48', '48 - Lozere'),
+('49', '49 - Maine-et-Loire'),
+('50', '50 - Manche'),
+('51', '51 - Marne'),
+('52', '52 - Haute-Marne'),
+('53', '53 - Mayenne'),
+('54', '54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle'),
+('55', '55 - Meuse'),
+('56', '56 - Morbihan'),
+('57', '57 - Moselle'),
+('58', '58 - Nievre'),
+('59', '59 - Nord'),
+('60', '60 - Oise'),
+('61', '61 - Orne'),
+('62', '62 - Pas-de-Calais'),
+('63', '63 - Puy-de-Dome'),
+('64', '64 - Pyrenees-Atlantiques'),
+('65', '65 - Hautes-Pyrenees'),
+('66', '66 - Pyrenees-Orientales'),
+('67', '67 - Bas-Rhin'),
+('68', '68 - Haut-Rhin'),
+('69', '69 - Rhone'),
+('70', '70 - Haute-Saone'),
+('71', '71 - Saone-et-Loire'),
+('72', '72 - Sarthe'),
+('73', '73 - Savoie'),
+('74', '74 - Haute-Savoie'),
+('75', '75 - Paris'),
+('76', '76 - Seine-Maritime'),
+('77', '77 - Seine-et-Marne'),
+('78', '78 - Yvelines'),
+('79', '79 - Deux-Sevres'),
+('80', '80 - Somme'),
+('81', '81 - Tarn'),
+('82', '82 - Tarn-et-Garonne'),
+('83', '83 - Var'),
+('84', '84 - Vaucluse'),
+('85', '85 - Vendee'),
+('86', '86 - Vienne'),
+('87', '87 - Haute-Vienne'),
+('88', '88 - Vosges'),
+('89', '89 - Yonne'),
+('90', '90 - Territoire de Belfort'),
+('91', '91 - Essonne'),
+('92', '92 - Hauts-de-Seine'),
+('93', '93 - Seine-Saint-Denis'),
+('94', '94 - Val-de-Marne'),
+('95', '95 - Val-d\'Oise'),
+('2A', '2A - Corse du sud'),
+('2B', '2B - Haute Corse'),
+('971', '971 - Guadeloupe'),
+('972', '972 - Martinique'),
+('973', '973 - Guyane'),
+('974', '974 - La Reunion'),
+('975', '975 - Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon'),
+('976', '976 - Mayotte'),
+('984', '984 - Terres Australes et Antarctiques'),
+('986', '986 - Wallis et Futuna'),
+('987', '987 - Polynesie Francaise'),
+('988', '988 - Nouvelle-Caledonie'),
+)
+
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
index a9ce8d23b3..ab10d2f3e3 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
@@ -3556,6 +3556,226 @@ u''
 >>> f.clean('')
 u''
 
+# FRZipCodeField #############################################################
+
+FRZipCodeField validates that the data is a valid FR zipcode.
+>>> from django.contrib.localflavor.fr.forms import FRZipCodeField
+>>> f = FRZipCodeField()
+>>> f.clean('75001')
+u'75001'
+>>> f.clean('93200')
+u'93200'
+>>> f.clean('2A200')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX.']
+>>> f.clean('980001')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX.']
+>>> f.clean(None)
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
+>>> f.clean('')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
+
+>>> f = FRZipCodeField(required=False)
+>>> f.clean('75001')
+u'75001'
+>>> f.clean('93200')
+u'93200'
+>>> f.clean('2A200')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX.']
+>>> f.clean('980001')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX.']
+>>> f.clean(None)
+u''
+>>> f.clean('')
+u''
+
+
+# FRPhoneNumberField ##########################################################
+
+FRPhoneNumberField validates that the data is a valid french phone number.
+It's normalized to 0X XX XX XX XX format. Dots are valid too.
+>>> from django.contrib.localflavor.fr.forms import FRPhoneNumberField
+>>> f = FRPhoneNumberField()
+>>> f.clean('01 55 44 58 64')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('0155445864')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('01 5544 5864')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('01 55.44.58.64')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('01.55.44.58.64')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('01,55,44,58,64')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'Phone numbers must be in 0X XX XX XX XX format.']
+>>> f.clean('555 015 544')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'Phone numbers must be in 0X XX XX XX XX format.']
+>>> f.clean(None)
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
+>>> f.clean('')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
+
+>>> f = FRPhoneNumberField(required=False)
+>>> f.clean('01 55 44 58 64')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('0155445864')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('01 5544 5864')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('01 55.44.58.64')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('01.55.44.58.64')
+u'01 55 44 58 64'
+>>> f.clean('01,55,44,58,64')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'Phone numbers must be in 0X XX XX XX XX format.']
+>>> f.clean('555 015 544')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'Phone numbers must be in 0X XX XX XX XX format.']
+>>> f.clean(None)
+u''
+>>> f.clean('')
+u''
+
+# FRDepartmentSelect ###############################################################
+
+FRDepartmentSelect is a Select widget that uses a list of french departments 
+including DOM TOM
+>>> from django.contrib.localflavor.fr.forms import FRDepartmentSelect
+>>> w = FRDepartmentSelect()
+>>> print w.render('dep', 'Paris')
+<select name="dep">
+<option value="01">01 - Ain</option>
+<option value="02">02 - Aisne</option>
+<option value="03">03 - Allier</option>
+<option value="04">04 - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence</option>
+<option value="05">05 - Hautes-Alpes</option>
+<option value="06">06 - Alpes-Maritimes</option>
+<option value="07">07 - Ardeche</option>
+<option value="08">08 - Ardennes</option>
+<option value="09">09 - Ariege</option>
+<option value="10">10 - Aube</option>
+<option value="11">11 - Aude</option>
+<option value="12">12 - Aveyron</option>
+<option value="13">13 - Bouches-du-Rhone</option>
+<option value="14">14 - Calvados</option>
+<option value="15">15 - Cantal</option>
+<option value="16">16 - Charente</option>
+<option value="17">17 - Charente-Maritime</option>
+<option value="18">18 - Cher</option>
+<option value="19">19 - Correze</option>
+<option value="21">21 - Cote-d&#39;Or</option>
+<option value="22">22 - Cotes-d&#39;Armor</option>
+<option value="23">23 - Creuse</option>
+<option value="24">24 - Dordogne</option>
+<option value="25">25 - Doubs</option>
+<option value="26">26 - Drome</option>
+<option value="27">27 - Eure</option>
+<option value="28">28 - Eure-et-Loire</option>
+<option value="29">29 - Finistere</option>
+<option value="2A">2A - Corse-du-Sud</option>
+<option value="2B">2B - Haute-Corse</option>
+<option value="30">30 - Gard</option>
+<option value="31">31 - Haute-Garonne</option>
+<option value="32">32 - Gers</option>
+<option value="33">33 - Gironde</option>
+<option value="34">34 - Herault</option>
+<option value="35">35 - Ille-et-Vilaine</option>
+<option value="36">36 - Indre</option>
+<option value="37">37 - Indre-et-Loire</option>
+<option value="38">38 - Isere</option>
+<option value="39">39 - Jura</option>
+<option value="40">40 - Landes</option>
+<option value="41">41 - Loir-et-Cher</option>
+<option value="42">42 - Loire</option>
+<option value="43">43 - Haute-Loire</option>
+<option value="44">44 - Loire-Atlantique</option>
+<option value="45">45 - Loiret</option>
+<option value="46">46 - Lot</option>
+<option value="47">47 - Lot-et-Garonne</option>
+<option value="48">48 - Lozere</option>
+<option value="49">49 - Maine-et-Loire</option>
+<option value="50">50 - Manche</option>
+<option value="51">51 - Marne</option>
+<option value="52">52 - Haute-Marne</option>
+<option value="53">53 - Mayenne</option>
+<option value="54">54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle</option>
+<option value="55">55 - Meuse</option>
+<option value="56">56 - Morbihan</option>
+<option value="57">57 - Moselle</option>
+<option value="58">58 - Nievre</option>
+<option value="59">59 - Nord</option>
+<option value="60">60 - Oise</option>
+<option value="61">61 - Orne</option>
+<option value="62">62 - Pas-de-Calais</option>
+<option value="63">63 - Puy-de-Dome</option>
+<option value="64">64 - Pyrenees-Atlantiques</option>
+<option value="65">65 - Hautes-Pyrenees</option>
+<option value="66">66 - Pyrenees-Orientales</option>
+<option value="67">67 - Bas-Rhin</option>
+<option value="68">68 - Haut-Rhin</option>
+<option value="69">69 - Rhone</option>
+<option value="70">70 - Haute-Saone</option>
+<option value="71">71 - Saone-et-Loire</option>
+<option value="72">72 - Sarthe</option>
+<option value="73">73 - Savoie</option>
+<option value="74">74 - Haute-Savoie</option>
+<option value="75">75 - Paris</option>
+<option value="76">76 - Seine-Maritime</option>
+<option value="77">77 - Seine-et-Marne</option>
+<option value="78">78 - Yvelines</option>
+<option value="79">79 - Deux-Sevres</option>
+<option value="80">80 - Somme</option>
+<option value="81">81 - Tarn</option>
+<option value="82">82 - Tarn-et-Garonne</option>
+<option value="83">83 - Var</option>
+<option value="84">84 - Vaucluse</option>
+<option value="85">85 - Vendee</option>
+<option value="86">86 - Vienne</option>
+<option value="87">87 - Haute-Vienne</option>
+<option value="88">88 - Vosges</option>
+<option value="89">89 - Yonne</option>
+<option value="90">90 - Territoire de Belfort</option>
+<option value="91">91 - Essonne</option>
+<option value="92">92 - Hauts-de-Seine</option>
+<option value="93">93 - Seine-Saint-Denis</option>
+<option value="94">94 - Val-de-Marne</option>
+<option value="95">95 - Val-d&#39;Oise</option>
+<option value="2A">2A - Corse du sud</option>
+<option value="2B">2B - Haute Corse</option>
+<option value="971">971 - Guadeloupe</option>
+<option value="972">972 - Martinique</option>
+<option value="973">973 - Guyane</option>
+<option value="974">974 - La Reunion</option>
+<option value="975">975 - Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon</option>
+<option value="976">976 - Mayotte</option>
+<option value="984">984 - Terres Australes et Antarctiques</option>
+<option value="986">986 - Wallis et Futuna</option>
+<option value="987">987 - Polynesie Francaise</option>
+<option value="988">988 - Nouvelle-Caledonie</option>
+</select>
+
 #################################
 # Tests of underlying functions #
 #################################