| French Republic |
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Motto:
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
(Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) |
Anthem: La Marseillaise
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Territory of the French Republic in the world
(excl. Antarctica where sovereignty is suspended) |
Capital
(and largest city) | Paris
48°51.4′N2°21.05′E / 48.8567°N 2.35083°E / 48.8567; 2.35083 |
| Official language(s) | French |
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Regional languages
(both official
and not official) | |
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| Demonym | French |
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| Government | Unitarysemi-presidentialrepublic |
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| - | President | Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) |
| - | Prime Minister | François Fillon (UMP) |
| Legislature | Parliament |
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| - | Upper House | Senate |
| - | Lower House | National Assembly |
| Formation |
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| - | Francia | 486 (Unification by Clovis) |
| - | West Francia | 843 (Treaty of Verdun) |
| - | Current constitution | 5 October 1958 (5th Republic) |
| EUaccession | 25 March 1957 |
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| Area |
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| - | Total[3] | 674,843 km2 (43rd)
260,558 sq mi |
| - | Metropolitan France |
| | - IGN[4] | 551,695 km2 (47th)
213,010 sq mi |
| | - Cadastre[5] | 543,965 km2 (47th)
210,026 sq mi |
| Population |
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| | (1 January 2011 estimate) |
| - | Total[3] | 65,821,885[7] (20th) |
| - | Metropolitan France | 63,136,180[6] (22nd) |
| - | Density[8] | 116/km2 (89th)
301/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $2.146 trillion[9] |
| - | Per capita | $34,092[9] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $2.555 trillion[9] |
| - | Per capita | $40,591[9] |
| Gini (2008) | 32.7[10] |
| HDI (2010) |  0.872[11] (very high) (14th) |
| Currency | Euro,[12]CFP franc[13]
(EUR, XPF) |
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| Time zone | CET[8](UTC+1) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | CEST[8] (UTC+2) |
| Drives on the | right |
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| ISO 3166 code | FR |
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| Internet TLD | .fr[14] |
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| Calling code | 331 |
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| 1 | The overseas regions and collectivities form part of the French telephone numbering plan, but have their own country calling codes: Guadeloupe +590; Martinique +596; French Guiana +594, Réunion and Mayotte +262; Saint Pierre and Miquelon +508. The overseas territories are not part of the French telephone numbering plan; their country calling codes are: New Caledonia +687, French Polynesia +689; Wallis and Futuna +681 |
| 2 | Spoken mainly in overseas territories |
![Location of Metropolitan France (dark green)– on the European continent (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) — [Legend]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-France.svg)
