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French Republic
République française
(French)
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|---|---|
| Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"
("Liberty, Equality, Fraternity")
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| Anthem: "La Marseillaise" |
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Diplomatic emblem |
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France on the globe centred on Europe
Metropolitan France (European part of France) in Europe
France and its neighbors
Show France, its overseas territories and its exclusive economic zones
Location of France (blue or dark green)
– in Europe (green & dark grey) |
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| Capital
and largest city
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Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.850°N 2.350°E / 48.850; 2.350 |
| Official language and national language |
French[II] |
| Nationality (2021)[3] | |
| Religion
(2023)
[4]
|
Aged 18 - 59
|
| Demonym(s) | French |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
| Gabriel Attal | |
| Gérard Larcher | |
| Yaël Braun-Pivet | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| National Assembly | |
| Establishment | |
| 10 August 843 | |
| 3 July 987 | |
| 22 September 1792 | |
| 1 January 1958 | |
| 4 October 1958 | |
| Area | |
|
• Total
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643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi)[5] (42nd) |
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• Water (%)
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0.86[6] |
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•
Metropolitan France (
IGN)
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551,695 km2 (213,011 sq mi)[IV] (50th) |
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• Metropolitan France (
Cadastre)
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543,940.9 km2 (210,016.8 sq mi)[V][7] (50th) |
| Population | |
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• January 2024 estimate
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 68,373,433[8] (20th) |
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• Density
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106.20274/km2 (106th) |
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• Metropolitan France, estimate as of January 2024
[update]
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66,142,961[9] (23rd) |
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• Density
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122/km2 (316.0/sq mi) (89th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
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• Total
|
 $3.988 trillion[10] (10th) |
|
• Per capita
|
$60,339[10] (26th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
|
• Total
|
$3.130 trillion[10] (7th) |
|
• Per capita
|
$47,359[10] (23rd) |
| Gini (2022) |  29.8[11]low |
| HDI (2022) |  0.910[12]very high (28th) |
| Currency | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
|
• Summer (
DST)
|
UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time[IX]) |
| Note: Various other time zones are observed in overseas France.[VIII] Although France is in the UTC (Z) (Western European Time) zone, UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) was enforced as the standard time since 25 February 1940, upon German occupation in WW2, with a +0:50:39 offset (and +1:50:39 during DST) from Paris LMT (UTC+0:09:21).[13] |
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| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +33[X] |
| ISO 3166 code | FR |
| Internet TLD | .fr[XI] |
|
Source gives area of metropolitan France as 551,500 km
2 (212,900 sq mi) and lists overseas regions separately, whose areas sum to 89,179 km
2 (34,432 sq mi). Adding these give the total shown here for the entire French Republic.
The World Factbook reports the total as 643,801 km
2 (248,573 sq mi).
|
|
|
French Republic
République française
(French)
|
|
|---|---|
| Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"
("Liberty, Equality, Fraternity")
|
|
| Anthem: "La Marseillaise" |
|
| Diplomatic emblem |
|
|
France on the globe centred on Europe
Metropolitan France (European part of France) in Europe
France and its neighbors
Show France, its overseas territories and its exclusive economic zones
Location of France (blue or dark green)
– in Europe (green & dark grey) |
|
| Capital
and largest city
|
Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.850°N 2.350°E / 48.850; 2.350 |
| Official language and national language |
French[II] |
| Nationality (2021)[3] | |
| Religion
(2023)
[4]
|
Aged 18 - 59
|
| Demonym(s) | French |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
| Gabriel Attal | |
| Gérard Larcher | |
| Yaël Braun-Pivet | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| National Assembly | |
| Establishment | |
| 10 August 843 | |
| 3 July 987 | |
| 22 September 1792 | |
| 1 January 1958 | |
| 4 October 1958 | |
| Area | |
|
• Total
|
643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi)[5] (42nd) |
|
• Water (%)
|
0.86[6] |
|
•
Metropolitan France (
IGN)
|
551,695 km2 (213,011 sq mi)[IV] (50th) |
|
• Metropolitan France (
Cadastre)
|
543,940.9 km2 (210,016.8 sq mi)[V][7] (50th) |
| Population | |
|
• January 2024 estimate
|
68,373,433[8] (20th) |
|
• Density
|
106.20274/km2 (106th) |
|
• Metropolitan France, estimate as of January 2024
[update]
|
66,142,961[9] (23rd) |
|
• Density
|
122/km2 (316.0/sq mi) (89th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
|
• Total
|
$3.988 trillion[10] (10th) |
|
• Per capita
|
$60,339[10] (26th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
|
• Total
|
$3.130 trillion[10] (7th) |
|
• Per capita
|
$47,359[10] (23rd) |
| Gini (2022) | 29.8[11] low |
| HDI (2022) | 0.910[12] very high (28th) |
| Currency | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
|
• Summer (
DST)
|
UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time[IX]) |
| Note: Various other time zones are observed in overseas France.[VIII] Although France is in the UTC (Z) (Western European Time) zone, UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) was enforced as the standard time since 25 February 1940, upon German occupation in WW2, with a +0:50:39 offset (and +1:50:39 during DST) from Paris LMT (UTC+0:09:21).[13] |
|
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +33[X] |
| ISO 3166 code | FR |
| Internet TLD | .fr[XI] |
|
Source gives area of metropolitan France as 551,500 km
2 (212,900 sq mi) and lists overseas regions separately, whose areas sum to 89,179 km
2 (34,432 sq mi). Adding these give the total shown here for the entire French Republic.
The World Factbook reports the total as 643,801 km
2 (248,573 sq mi).
|
|
![Coat of arms[I] of France](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_the_French_Republic.svg)