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{{about|the country}}
{{about|the country}}
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name                = French Republic
| common_name                = France
| native_name                = {{native name|fr|République française|nbsp=omit}}
| image_flag                = Flag of France.svg
| image_coat                = File:Coat of arms of the French Republic.svg
| symbol_width              = 75px
| symbol_type                = Emblem
| other_symbol                = <div style="padding:0.3em;">[[File:Great Seal of France.svg|100px|Obverse]] [[File:Great Seal of France (reverse).svg|100px|Reverse]]</div>
| other_symbol_type                = [[Great Seal of France|Great Seal]]:
| national_motto                = "{{lang|fr|[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]}}"
| englishmotto                = "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
| national_anthem                = "[[La Marseillaise]]"<br />
<div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">[[File:La Marseillaise.ogg|alt=sound clip of the Marseillaise French national anthem]]</div>
| image_map                = {{Switcher|[[File:EU-France (orthographic projection).svg|frameless]]|Show globe|[[File:EU-France.svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Show map of Europe|default=1}}
| map_caption                = {{map caption |location_color=dark green |country=[[metropolitan France]] |region=Europe |region_color=dark grey |subregion=the European Union |subregion_color=green}} (Note the overseas department of [[French Guiana]] highlighted on the extreme lefthand side of the globe image.)
| image_map2                = File:France in the World (+Antarctica claims).svg
| map_caption2                = {{unbulleted list |Location of the territory of the French Republic (red) |[[Adélie Land]] (Antarctic claim; hatched)}}
| capital                =  [[Paris]]
| coordinates                = {{Coord|48|51|N|2|21|E|type:city}}
| largest_city                = capital
| languages_type                = Official language<br /> {{nobold|and national language}}
| languages                =  [[French language|French]]{{efn-ur|name=one|For information about regional languages, see [[Languages of France]].}}{{infobox|child=yes
| regional_languages = See [[Languages of France]]
| label1 = Nationality {{nobold|(2018)}}
| data1 = {{unbulleted list |93.0% [[French people|French citizens]] |7.0% foreign nationals<ref>https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do {{deadlink|date=March 2020}}</ref>
<br />}}
}}
| religion_year                = 2017<ref name="IPSOS">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019192134/https://www.reforme.net/actualite/societe/sondage-les-protestants-en-france-en-2017-1-qui-sont-les-protestants/|title=Sondage "Les protestants en France en 2017" (1) : qui sont les protestants ?|date=2017-10-26|website=Reforme.net|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref>
| religion                = {{ublist |item_style=white-space:nowrap; |57.5% [[Catholic Church in France|Roman Catholic]] |35% [[Irreligion in France|Non-religious]] | 3.5% other faiths|3% [[Protestantism in France|Protestant]] | 1% Unanswered}}
| demonym                = French
| government_type                = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[semi-presidential]] [[constitutional republic]]
| leader_title1                = [[President of France|President]]
| leader_name1                = [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| leader_title2                = [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]
| leader_name2                = [[Jean Castex]]
| leader_title3                = [[List of Presidents of the Senate of France|President of the Senate]]
| leader_name3                = [[Gérard Larcher]]
| leader_title4                = [[List of Presidents of the National Assembly of France|President of the National Assembly]]
| leader_name4                = [[Richard Ferrand]]
| legislature                = [[French Parliament|Parliament]]
| upper_house                = [[Senate (France)|Senate]]
| lower_house                = [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]
| sovereignty_type                = [[History of France|Establishment]]
| established_event1                = [[Baptism]] of [[Clovis I]]
| established_date1                = 25 December 496
| established_event2                = [[Treaty of Verdun]]{{efn-ur|Established the [[West Francia|Kingdom of the West Franks]] (the [[Kingdom of France]]) from the [[Carolingian Empire]] of Francia.}}
| established_date2                = August 843
| established_event3                = [[Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy|Republic established]]
| established_date3                = 22 September 1792
| established_event4                = [[Enlargement of the European Union#Founding members|Founded]] the [[European Economic Community|EEC]]{{efn-ur|[[European Union]] since 1993.}}
| established_date4                = 1 January 1958
| established_event5                = [[Constitution of France|Current&nbsp;constitution]]{{efn-ur|Established the [[French Fifth Republic|Fifth Republic]]}}
| established_date5                = 4 October 1958
| area_km2                = 640,679
| area_footnote                = {{wbr}}<ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012/Table03.pdf |title=Demographic Yearbook |chapter=Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density |publisher=United Nations Statistics Division |year=2012 |accessdate=4 September 2017 |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012.htm}}</ref>
| area_rank                = 42nd <!-- Area rank should match [[List of countries and dependencies by area]] -->
| area_sq_mi                = 248,600<!--Do not remove per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|WP:MOSNUM]]-->
| area_label2                = [[Metropolitan France]] ([[Institut géographique national|IGN]])
| area_data2                = {{convert|551695|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}{{wbr}}{{efn-ur|name=three|French [[Institut Géographique National|National Geographic Institute]] data, which includes bodies of water.}} ([[List of countries and dependencies by area|50th]])
| area_label3                = Metropolitan France ([[Cadastre]])
| area_data3                = {{convert|543940.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}{{wbr}}{{efn-ur|name=four|French [[Land registration|Land Register]] data, which exclude lakes, ponds and [[glacier]]s larger than 1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (0.386&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi or 247&nbsp;acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers.}}{{wbr}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/comparateur.asp?codgeo=METRODOM-1 |title=France Métropolitaine |publisher=INSEE |year=2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828051307/http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/comparateur.asp?codgeo=METRODOM-1 |archivedate=28 August 2015}}</ref> ([[List of countries and dependencies by area|50th]])
| population_estimate                = {{increase}} 67,081,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/serie/001641607|title=Demography – Population at the beginning of the month – France|year=2019 |website=Insee|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year                = June 2020
| population_estimate_rank                = 20th
| population_label2                = Density
| population_data2                = {{pop density|67076000|643801|km2|sqmi|prec=0}} ([[List of countries and territories by population density|106th]])
| population_label3                = Metropolitan France, estimate {{as of|lc=y|June 2020}}
| population_data3                = {{increase}} 64,910,000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/serie/000436387|title=Demography – Population at the beginning of the month – Metropolitan France |year=2019 |website=Insee |access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref> ([[List of countries and dependencies by population|22nd]])
| population_density_km2                = 116
| population_density_sq_mi                = 301<!--Do not remove per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|WP:MOSNUM]]-->
| pop_den_footnote                =
| population_density_rank                = 89th
| GDP_PPP                = {{increase}} $3.061&nbsp;trillion<ref name="IMFWEOFR">{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=54&pr.y=7&sy=2017&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=132&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019 |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |website=IMF.org |access-date=30 October 2019}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year                = 2019
| GDP_PPP_rank                = 10th
| GDP_PPP_per_capita                = {{increase}} $47,223<ref name="IMFWEOFR"/>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank                = 26th
| GDP_nominal                = {{decrease}} $2.707&nbsp;trillion<ref name="IMFWEOFR"/>
| GDP_nominal_year                = 2019
| GDP_nominal_rank                = 7th
| GDP_nominal_per_capita                = {{decrease}} $41,761<ref name="IMFWEOFR"/>
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank                = 22nd
| Gini                = 28.5<!--number only-->
| Gini_year                = 2018
| Gini_change                = decrease <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| Gini_ref                =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tessi190&plugin=1 |title=Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income – EU-SILC survey |publisher=[[Eurostat]] |website=ec.europa.eu/eurostat |access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>
| Gini_rank                =
| HDI                = 0.891<!--number only-->
| HDI_year                = 2018<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
| HDI_change                = increase<!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| HDI_ref                =<ref name="UNHDR">{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/2019-human-development-index-ranking|title=Human Development Report 2019|language=en|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=10 December 2019|accessdate=10 December 2019|format=PDF|archive-date=22 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322121226/http://hdr.undp.org/sites/all/themes/hdr_theme/country-notes/ROU.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| HDI_rank                = 26th
| currency                = {{unbulleted list
|[[Euro]] ([[Euro sign|€]]) ([[ISO 4217|EUR]]){{wbr}}{{efn-ur|name=six|Whole of the French Republic except the overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean.}}
|[[CFP franc]] (XPF){{wbr}}{{efn-ur|name=seven|French overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean only.}}
}}
| time_zone                = [[Central European Time]]
| utc_offset                = +1
| utc_offset_DST                = +2
| time_zone_DST                = [[Central European Summer Time]]{{efn-ur|name=eight|Daylight saving time is observed in metropolitan France and [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] only.}}
| DST_note                = {{smaller|Note: various other time zones are observed in overseas France.{{efn-ur|name=nine|Time zones across the French Republic span from UTC-10 ([[French Polynesia]]) to UTC+12 ([[Wallis and Futuna]]).}}
<br />
Although France is located in [[Western European Time]]/[[UTC]] (Z) zone, since 25 February 1940, upon [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|WW2 German occupation]], [[Central European Time]]/[[UTC+1]] was enforced (without reversal to this day) as standard time,[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/france/paris] with a +0:50:39 offset (and +1:50:39 during [[daylight saving time|DST]]) from Paris [[Local Mean Time|LMT]] (UTC+0:09:21).}}
| date_format                = dd/mm/yyyy&nbsp;([[Anno Domini|AD]])
| drives_on                = right
| calling_code                = [[Telephone numbers in France|+33]]{{efn-ur|name=eleven|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.}}
| cctld                = [[.fr]]{{efn-ur|name=ten|In addition to [[.fr]], several other Internet TLDs are used in French overseas ''départements'' and territories: [[.re]], [[.mq]], [[.gp]], [[.tf]], [[.nc]], [[.pf]], [[.wf]], [[.pm]], [[.gf]] and [[.yt]]. France also uses [[.eu]], shared with other members of the European Union. The [[.cat]] domain is used in [[Catalan Countries|Catalan-speaking territories]].}}
| footnotes                = 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&nbsp;km<sub>2</sub> (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).
| today  =           
}}
[[File:Rouen France Panoramic-View-02.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Rouen France Panoramic-View-02.jpg|thumb]]
'''France''' ({{Audio-IPA|en-us-France.ogg|/ˈfræns/}} or {{IPA|/ˈfrɑːns/}}; {{IPA-fr|fʁɑ̃s}}), officially the '''French Republic''' ({{lang-fr|République française}}, {{IPA-fr|ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz}}), is a [[country]] whose [[Metropolitan France|metropolitan territory]] is in [[Western Europe]] and that also includes various [[Overseas departments and territories of France|overseas islands and territories in other continents]].<ref name="CatTOM">For more information, see [[:Category:Overseas departments, collectivities and territories of France]].</ref> Metropolitan France extends from the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the [[English Channel]] and the [[North Sea]], and from the [[Rhine]] to the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It is often referred to as ''L’Hexagone'' ("The [[Hexagon]]") because of the shape of its territory. France is a [[unitary state|unitary]] [[semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] [[republic]] with its main ideals expressed in the [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]].
'''France''' ({{Audio-IPA|en-us-France.ogg|/ˈfræns/}} or {{IPA|/ˈfrɑːns/}}; {{IPA-fr|fʁɑ̃s}}), officially the '''French Republic''' ({{lang-fr|République française}}, {{IPA-fr|ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz}}), is a [[country]] whose [[Metropolitan France|metropolitan territory]] is in [[Western Europe]] and that also includes various [[Overseas departments and territories of France|overseas islands and territories in other continents]].<ref name="CatTOM">For more information, see [[:Category:Overseas departments, collectivities and territories of France]].</ref> Metropolitan France extends from the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the [[English Channel]] and the [[North Sea]], and from the [[Rhine]] to the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It is often referred to as ''L’Hexagone'' ("The [[Hexagon]]") because of the shape of its territory. France is a [[unitary state|unitary]] [[semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] [[republic]] with its main ideals expressed in the [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]].
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