French Republic République française (French) | |
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Motto: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | |
Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.850°N 2.350°E |
French[upper-roman 1] | |
Nationality (2018) |
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Religion |
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Demonym(s) | French |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic |
Emmanuel Macron | |
Gabriel Attal | |
Gérard Larcher | |
Richard Ferrand | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Senate | |
National Assembly | |
Establishment | |
25 December 496 | |
August 843 | |
22 September 1792 | |
1 January 1958 | |
4 October 1958 | |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
551,695 km2 (213,011 sq mi) | |
• Metropolitan France (Cadastre) | 543,940.9 km2 (210,016.8 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Feb 2022 estimate | 67,818,000 (20th) |
• Density | 104/km2 (270/sq mi) (106th) |
• Metropolitan France, estimate as of June 2020 | 64,910,000 (22nd) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (89th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $3.061 trillion (10th) |
• Per capita | $47,223 (26th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $2.707 trillion (7th) |
• Per capita | $41,761 (22nd) |
Gini (2018) | ▼ 28.5 low |
HDI (2018) | 0.891 very high · 26th |
Currency |
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Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time[upper-roman 10]) |
Note: various other time zones are observed in overseas France.[upper-roman 9] Although France is located in Western European Time/UTC (Z) zone, since 25 February 1940, upon WW2 German occupation, Central European Time/UTC+1 was enforced (without reversal to this day) as standard time, with a +0:50:39 offset (and +1:50:39 during DST) from Paris LMT (UTC+0:09:21). | |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +33[upper-roman 11] |
ISO 3166 code | FR |
Internet TLD | .fr[upper-roman 12] |
Website www | |
Source gives area of metropolitan France as 551,500 km2 (212,900 sq mi) and lists overseas regions separately, whose areas sum to 89,179 km2 (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 km2 (248,573 sq mi). |
France (/ˈfræns/ or /ˈfrɑːns/; French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, French pronunciation: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country in Western Europe. It also includes various departments and territories of France overseas.
Mainland France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is sometimes referred to as L’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the shape of its territory.
France is a unitary semi-presidential republic. The head of state is the President, who is also a politician. The Prime Minister is secondary to the President.