French Republic République française (
French) | |
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Motto: "
Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (
French) "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | |
Anthem: "
La Marseillaise" | |
Capital and largest city |
Paris 48°51.4′N 2°21.05′E / 48.8567°N 2.35083°E |
Official language and national language | French [note 2] |
Demonym(s) | French |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic |
François Hollande | |
Manuel Valls | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Senate | |
National Assembly | |
Establishment from the
Carolingian Empire | |
August 843 | |
September 1791 | |
22 September 1792 | |
1 January 1958 | |
4 October 1958 | |
Area | |
• Total
[note 3] | 640,679 [1] km2 (247,368 sq mi) ( 42nd) |
551,695 km2 (213,011 sq mi) ( 50th) | |
543,940.9 [2] km2 (210,016.8 sq mi) ( 50th) | |
Population | |
(2014) | |
• Total
[note 3] | 66,616,416 [3] ( 20th) |
63,929,000 [3] ( 22nd) | |
• Density
[note 6] | 116/km2 (300.4/sq mi) ( 89th) |
GDP ( PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $2.634 trillion [4] ( 10th) |
• Per capita | $41,018 [4] ( 25th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $2.470 trillion [4] ( 5th) |
• Per capita | $38,458 [4] ( 22nd) |
Gini (2008) | 32.7
[5] medium |
HDI (2013) | 0.884
[6] very high ( 20th) |
Currency | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET [note 9]) |
• Summer (
DST) | UTC+2 (CEST [note 10]) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +33 [note 11] |
ISO 3166 code | FR |
Internet TLD | .fr [note 12] |
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