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French Republic
République française (French)
Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: "La Marseillaise"
Great Seal:
Obverse Reverse
Location of metropolitan France (dark green)

– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green)

(Note the overseas department of French Guiana highlighted on the extreme lefthand side of the globe image.)
  • Location of the territory of the French Republic (red)
  • Adélie Land (Antarctic claim; hatched)
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[I]
Nationality (2018)
Religion
(2019[2])
Demonym(s)French
GovernmentUnitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President
Emmanuel Macron
Jean Castex
Gérard Larcher
Richard Ferrand
LegislatureParliament
Senate
National Assembly
Establishment
• Baptism of Clovis I
25 December 496
August 843
22 September 1792
• Founded the EEC[III]
1 January 1958
4 October 1958
Area
• Total
640,679 km2 (247,368 sq mi)[3] (42nd)
551,695 km2 (213,011 sq mi)[V] (50th)
• Metropolitan France (Cadastre)
543,940.9 km2 (210,016.8 sq mi)[VI][4] (50th)
Population
• June 2020 estimate
Increase 67,081,000[5] (20th)
• Density
104/km2 (270/sq mi) (106th)
• Metropolitan France, estimate as of June 2020
Increase 64,910,000[6] (22nd)
• Density
116/km2 (300.4/sq mi) (89th)
GDP (PPP)2019 estimate
• Total
Increase $3.061 trillion[7] (10th)
• Per capita
Increase $47,223[7] (26th)
GDP (nominal)2019 estimate
• Total
Decrease $2.707 trillion[7] (7th)
• Per capita
Decrease $41,761[7] (22nd)
Gini (2018)Positive decrease 28.5[8]
low inequality
HDI (2018)Increase 0.891[9]
very high (26th)
Currency
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time[X])
Note: various other time zones are observed in overseas France.[IX]
Although France is in Western European Time/UTC (Z) zone, since 25 February 1940, upon WW2 German occupation, Central European Time/UTC+1 was enforced as standard time,[1] with a +0:50:39 offset (and +1:50:39 during DST) from Paris LMT (UTC+0:09:21).
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drives onright
Calling code+33[XI]
ISO 3166 codeFR
Internet TLD.fr[XII]
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 CIA reports the total as 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi).


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  1. ^ https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do [dead link]
  2. ^ Special Eurobarometer 493, European Union: European Commission, September 2019, pages 229-230 Retrieved 17 January 2020. The question asked was "Do you consider yourself to be...?" With a card showing: Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Protestant, Other Christian, Jewish, Muslim - Shia, Muslim - Sunni, Other Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu, Atheist, Non believer/Agnostic and Other. Also space was given for Refusal (SPONTANEOUS) and Don't Know. On the other hand, Sikh and Hindu did not reach the 1% threshold.
  3. ^ "Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). Demographic Yearbook. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. ^ "France Métropolitaine". INSEE. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Demography – Population at the beginning of the month – France". Insee. 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Demography – Population at the beginning of the month – Metropolitan France". Insee. 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income – EU-SILC survey". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Human Development Report 2019" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.