%A Catherine Berge-Thierry %A J. F. Fels %A P. Dervin %A P. Gueguen %A S Nechtschein %A Denis Hatzfeld %A P. Volant %A Pierre-Yves Bard %A F. Courboulex %A P. Dominique %A B. Feignier %T THE FRENCH PERMANENT ACCELEROMETRIC NETWORK: TECHNOLOGICAL AND PARAMETRICAL CHOICES, SCIENTIFIC GOALS AND RESULTS %X The French Accelerometric Permanent network is presented in this paper. Currently composed by more than 100 permanent stations and more than 50 associated stations, the network is characterized by various data processing (depending on the organization maintaining the stations). The data processing of the RAP stations is detailed in the paper, as the IRSN procedure used for its strong motions data. Finally significant contributions of the RAP network are illustrated particularly with two recent moderate earthquakes. %C Richmond, California %D 2004 %L epos213