French Republic
Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité ""Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: "La Marseillaise "Great Seal :Show globe Show map of Europe Show map of French overseas territories Capitaland largest city
Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.850°N 2.350°E / 48.850; 2.350 Official languageand national language French [I] Nationality (2018) Religion (2020)
Demonym(s) French Government Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic Emmanuel Macron Jean Castex Gérard Larcher Richard Ferrand Legislature Parliament Senate National Assembly 500 August 843 22 September 1792 1 January 1958 4 October 1958 • Total
640,679 km2 (247,368 sq mi)[4] (42nd ) • Water (%)
0.86 (as of 2015)[5] 551,695 km2 (213,011 sq mi)[V] (50th ) 543,940.9 km2 (210,016.8 sq mi)[VI] [6] (50th ) • May 2021 estimate
67,413,000[7] (20th )• Density
104.7109/km2 (106th )• Metropolitan France, estimate as of May 2021
[update] 65,239,000[8] (23rd )• Density
116/km2 (300.4/sq mi) (89th ) GDP (PPP ) 2021 estimate • Total
$3.232 trillion[9] (9th )• Per capita
$49,492[9] (25th )GDP (nominal) 2021 estimate • Total
$2.938 trillion[9] (7th )• Per capita
$44,995[9] (24th )Gini (2019) 29.2[10] low HDI (2019) 0.901[11] very high · 26th Currency Time zone UTC +1 (Central European Time )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+01:00 was enforced as standard time,[2] 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 ) Mains electricity 230 V–50 Hz Driving side right Calling code +33 [XI] ISO 3166 code FR 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).