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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

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