[OT beyond any repair] House numbers (was RE: ISO 3166 (country c odes) Maintenance Agency Web pages move))
Eric Muller
emuller@adobe.com
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:26:24 -0800
Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>I am curious whether another "rule" valid in Italy also applies in other
>countries: here the numbering always starts on the end of the road which is
>nearer to the center.
>
In Paris, streets perpendicular to the Seine have 1 at the end closest
to the Seine; for streets parallel to the Seine, numbers increase in the
same direction as the water flows.
Eric.