French accents (specifically ç) in URL bars of browsers

Hello,

I`m currently working on a web site in French.  The URL is http://www.*.com/français

I notice that sometimes, http://www.tibet.ca/fran%e7ais/  will appear in the browser as the URL.

Is there a way to get around having it do this?  I understand that typing it out as http://www.*.com/français will get the surfers to my page, but the %e7 thing is annoying.

Thanks!