OK, I found this on the French Government Tourism site:

[quote]PASSPORTS AND VISAS All U.S. and Canadian citizens, including infants, need a valid passport to enter France. Visas are not required for American and Canadian visitors staying in France for up to 90 days. For more information, contact your nearest French Consulate. See a list of local French consulates in the U.S. It is mandatory in France to carry some form of identification at all times. If you lose your passport, the nearest U.S. Consulate will issue Americans a limited-validity replacement if travel is imminent, or a full-validity passport if further travel is not within two weeks. When in France, please carry a photocopy of your passport separately from your passport

ID required...passport not required. Copy used "to facilitate replacement if lost"

Also: I would NEVER leave a copy of my passport in the car. Way too much personal info on it.

Last edited by boucharda; 07/12/2017 04:06 PM.