According to Maemo France the Nokia N9 will not be sold in France because and I quote “As announced some time ago, the idea of the Nokia N9 is to provide a high-end smartphone in areas that are not “covered” by Windows Phone.”
This was also confirmed by Giiks TV in the clip I posted below. Since I don’t speak French I can only take them at their word that it is confirmed in this clip. So just in case you do…here it is
Via My Nokia Blog