France

France

sovereign state, republic, country

Part of	Western Europe, Pyrenees–Mediterranean Euroregion, European Union, European Economic Area
Year dem found am	August 843
Name in native language	République française
Official name	République française
Native label	République française
Short name	France
Dem name after	Franks
Official language	French
Anthem	La Marseillaise
Culture	culture of France
Motto	Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Motto text	Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Continent	Europe
Country	France
Capital	Paris
Located in time zone	UTC+01:00
Located in or next to body of water	English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Coordinate location	47°0′0″N 2°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	42°16′56″N 9°33′36″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	51°5′20″N 2°32′44″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	41°20′1″N 9°15′32″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	48°26′45″N 5°9′4″W
Highest point	Mont Blanc
Lowest point	Étang de Lavalduc
Government ein basic form	semi-presidential system
Office held by head of state	President of the French Republic
State ein head	Emmanuel Macron
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of France
Government ein head	François Bayrou
Executive body	Government of the French Republic
Legislative body	French Parliament
Highest judicial authority	Court of Cassation, Conseil d'État, Court of Audit, Constitutional Council of France, Cour de Justice de la République
Central bank	Bank of France
Currency	euro, CFP Franc
Coextensive with	France
Foundational text	Constitution of France
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Type E
Dey replace	Kingdom of France, Rauracian Republic, Republic of Bouillon, Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune, Kingdom of Bora Bora
Award e receive	Lagun Onari, The Economist country of the year
Studied by	francology
Has facility	roundabout, crematorium
Dema official website	https://www.service-public.fr/
External data available at URL	https://www.data.gouv.fr/
Contact page URL	https://www.service-public.fr/P10017
Terms of service URL	https://www.service-public.fr/P10050
Sitemap URL	https://www.service-public.fr/P10003
Hashtag	France, france
Top-level Internet domain	.fr
Flag	flag of France
Coat of arms	coat of arms of France
Has seal, badge, or sigil	Great Seal of France
Geography of topic	geography of France
Get characteristic	free country
History of topic	history of France
Railway traffic side	left, right
Open data portal	data.gouv.fr
Economy of topic	economy of France
Demographics of topic	demographics of France
Gregorian calendar start date	20 December 1582, 1 January 1806
Mobile country code	208
Country calling code	+33
Trunk prefix	0
Emergency phone number	112, 15, 17, 18, 114
GS1 country code	300-379
Licence plate code	F
Maritime identification digits	226, 227, 228
Stack Exchange tag	https://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/france
Unicode character	🇫🇷
Category for honorary citizens of entity	Q8942785
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of France

France, officially de French Republic, be a country wey dey locate primarily insyd Western Europe. Ein overseas regions den territories dey include French Guiana insyd South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon insyd de North Atlantic, de French West Indies, den many islands insyd Oceania den de Indian Ocean, wey dey give am one of de largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones insyd de world. Metropolitan France dey share borders plus Belgium den Luxembourg to de north; Germany to de northeast; Switzerland to de east; Italy den Monaco to de southeast; Andorra den Spain to de south; den a maritime border plus de United Kingdom to de northwest. Ein metropolitan area dey extend from de Rhine to de Atlantic Ocean den from de Mediterranean Sea to de English Channel den de North Sea. Ein eighteen integral regions—five of wich dey overseas—dey span a combined area of 632,702 km2 (244,288 sq mi) wey e get an estimated total population of over 68.6 million. France be a semi-presidential republic wey ein capital, largest city den main cultural den economic centre be Paris.

Demographics

Major cities

France be a highly urbanised country, plus ein largest cities (for terms of metropolitan area population insyd 2021) be Paris (13,171,056 inh.), Lyon (2,308,818), Marseille (1,888,788), Lille (1,521,660), Toulouse (1,490,640), Bordeaux (1,393,764), Nantes (1,031,953), Strasbourg (864,993), Montpellier (823,120), den Rennes (771,320).

Largest metropolitan areas insyd France 2021 census
Rank	Name	Region	Pop.	Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
1	Paris	Île-de-France	13,171,056	11	Grenoble	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	722,904
2	Lyon	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	2,308,818	12	Rouen	Normandy	709,065
3	Marseille	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	1,888,788	13	Nice	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	626,218
4	Lille	Hauts-de-France	1,521,660	14	Toulon	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	581,948
5	Toulouse	Occitania	1,490,640	15	Tours	Centre-Val de Loire	522,597
6	Bordeaux	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	1,393,764	16	Nancy	Grand Est	508,793
7	Nantes	Pays de la Loire	1,031,953	17	Clermont-Ferrand	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	508,699
8	Strasbourg	Grand Est	864,993	18	Saint-Étienne	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	500,562
9	Montpellier	Occitania	823,120	19	Caen	Normandy	478,105
10	Rennes	Brittany	771,320	20	Orléans	Centre-Val de Loire	456,452

External links

• France at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• France at UCB Libraries GovPubs
• France at the EU
• Geographic data related to France at OpenStreetMap
• Key Development Forecasts for France from International Futures

Economy

• INSEE

• OECD France statistics

Government

• France.fr – official French tourism site (insyd English)
• Gouvernement.fr – official site of the government (insyd French)
• Official site of the French public service – links to various administrations and institutions
• Official site of the National Assembly

Culture

• Contemporary French Civilization. Archived 27 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Journal, University of Illinois.
• FranceGuide. Archived 17 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Official site of the French Government Tourist Office.