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See also: France portal and Outline of France

French Republic

République française

Flag

National emblem

Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (French)

"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"

Anthem: "La Marseillaise"

Location of Metropolitan France (dark green)

– in Europe (green & dark grey)

– in the European Union (green)

Territory of the French Republic[note 1]

Capital

and largest city Paris

48°51.4′N 2°21.05′E48.8567°N 2.35083°E

Official languages French[note 2]

Demonym

French

Government

Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic

- President

François Hollande

- Prime Minister

Jean-Marc Ayrault

Legislature Parliament

- Upper house

Senate

- Lower house

National Assembly

Formation

- Frankish Kingdom

(unified by Clovis)

486

- Kingdom of France

(Treaty of Verdun)

August 843

- French Republic

(National Convention)

22 September 1792

- Current constitution

(Fifth Republic)

4 October 1958

Area

- Total[note 3]

640,679[1] km2 (43rd)

246,201 sq mi

- Metropolitan France

- IGN[note 4]

551,695 km2 (50th)

213,010 sq mi

- Cadastre[note 5]

543,965 km2 (50th)

210,026 sq mi

Population

(2014)

- Total[note 3]

66,616,416[2] (19th)

- Metropolitan France

63,929,000[2] (22nd)

- Density[note 6]

116/km2 (89th)

301/sq mi

GDP (PPP)

2014 estimate

- Total $2.333 trillion[3] (9th)

- Per capita $36,453[3] (24th)

GDP (nominal)

2014 estimate

- Total $2.863 trillion[3] (5th)

- Per capita $44,730[3] (20th)

Gini (2008)

32.7[4]

medium

HDI (2013)

0.893[5]

very high • 20th

Currency • Euro (EUR)[note 7]

• CFP franc (XPF)[note 8]

Time zone CET[note 9] (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST[note 10] (UTC+2)

Date format dd/mm/yyyy

Drives on the right

Calling code

+33[note 11]

ISO 3166 code

FR

Internet TLD

.fr[note 12]

France (UK /ˈfrɑːns/; US i/ˈfræns/; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a sovereign country in Western Europe that includes overseas regions and territories.[note 13] Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of only three countries (besides Morocco and Spain) to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. Due to its shape, it is often referred to in French as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon").

France is the largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the third-largest in Europe as a whole. With a total population of around 66 million, it is the third most-populous European country. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the nation's largest city and the main cultural and commercial centre. The current Constitution

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