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French Republic
République française ( French)
Motto: " Liberté, égalité, fraternité" ( French)
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: " La Marseillaise"
Location of metropolitan France (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green)
Location of  metropolitan France (dark green)

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

Territory of the French Republic in the world[note 1]
Territory of the French Republic in the world [note 1]
Capital
and largest city
Paris
48°51.4′N 2°21.05′E / 48.8567°N 2.35083°E / 48.8567; 2.35083
Official language
and national language
French [note 2]
Demonym(s) French
Government Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
•  President
François Hollande
Manuel Valls
Legislature Parliament
Senate
National Assembly
Establishment 
August 843
September 1791
22 September 1792
•  Founded the EEC (now the
European Union)
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)Steady 0.884 [6]
very high ( 20th)
Currency
Time zone UTC+1 (CET [note 9])
• Summer ( DST)
UTC+2 (CEST [note 10])
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy
Driving sideright
Calling code +33 [note 11]
ISO 3166 code FR
Internet TLD .fr [note 12]


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  1. ^ "Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2010. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm Area calculated by adding area of Metropolitan France with those of overseas departments
  2. ^ "France Métropolitaine". INSEE. 2011. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help)
  3. ^ a b INSEE, Government of France. "Évolution de la population jusqu'en 2014 – champs France hors Mayotte" (in French). Retrieved January 2014. {{ cite web}}: Check |first= value ( help); Check date values in: |accessdate= ( help) (French departments without Mayotte: 65,821,000 inhabitants)
    INSEE, Government of France. "Populations légales dans les collectivités d'outre-mer et Mayotte". Retrieved January 2014. {{ cite web}}: Check |first= value ( help); Check date values in: |accessdate= ( help) (Mayotte : 212,645 inhabitants – overseas collectivities : 337,191 – new Caledonia : 245,580)
    Total (French departments+French overseas collectivies+New Caledonia) : 66,616,416 inhabitants
  4. ^ a b c d "France". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ^ "CIA World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  6. ^ "2014 Human Development Report Summary" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. pp. 21–25. Retrieved 27 July 2014.