EPSG systems

EPSG:27563 NTF (Paris) / Lambert Sud France

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)) in use: France - mainland south of 45.45°N. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:27563
NameNTF (Paris) / Lambert Sud France
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)
Area of use France - mainland south of 45.45°N
France - mainland onshore south of 50.5 grads North (45°27'N).
Bounds W -1,79° · S 42,33° · E 7,71° · N 45,46°
Countries France
DatumNouvelle Triangulation Francaise (Paris)
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (IGN) a = 6378249.2 m · 1/f = 293.466021294
Prime meridianParis 2.5969213 grad
Base geographic system EPSG:4807 — NTF (Paris)
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NTF to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1193) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.
In CarteBuilt-in grid (code F3), with the reference cities of the guide.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin49grad
Longitude of natural origin0grad
Scale factor at natural origin0.999877499unity
False easting600000metre
False northing200000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_1=44.1 +lat_0=44.1 +lon_0=0 +k_0=0.999877499 +x_0=600000 +y_0=200000 +a=6378249.2 +b=6356515 +towgs84=-168,-60,320,0,0,0,0 +pm=paris +units=m +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:27563.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NTF_Paris_Lambert_Sud_France",GEOGCS["GCS_NTF_Paris",DATUM["Nouvelle_Triangulation_Francaise_(Paris)",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_IGN",6378249.2,293.466021293627]],PRIMEM["Paris",2.33722917],UNIT["Grad",0.0157079632679489]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",600000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",200000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",49.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999877499],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",49.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — France

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.