France

**France** ( or ; ), officially the **French Republic** (, ), is a country in Western Europe. It also includes various departments and territories of France overseas.

## Infobox (infobox)

- **child**: yes
- **regional languages**: See Languages of France
- **label1**: Nationality


## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: French Republic
- **common name**: France
- **image flag**: Flag of France.svg
- **image coat**: Armoiries république française.svg
- **symbol width**: 75px
- **symbol type**: Emblem
- **national motto**: ""
- **englishmotto**: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
- **national anthem**: "La Marseillaise"

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- **map caption**: (Note the overseas department of French Guiana highlighted on the extreme lefthand side of the globe image.)
- **image map2**: France in the World (+Antarctica claims).svg
- **capital**: Paris
- **largest city**: capital
- **languages type**: Official language

- **languages**: French
- **religion year**: 2017
- **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**: Sébastien Lecornu
- **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**: Yaël Braun-Pivet
- **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
- **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
- **established date4**: 1 January 1958
- **established event5**: Constitution of France, Current constitution
- **established date5**: 4 October 1958
- **area km2**: 640,679
- **area rank**: 42nd
- **area sq mi**: 248,600
- **area label2**: Metropolitan France (Institut géographique national, IGN)
- **area data2**: (List of countries and dependencies by area, 50th)
- **area label3**: Metropolitan France (Cadastre)
- **area data3**: (List of countries and dependencies by area, 50th)
- **population estimate**: 67,818,000
- **population estimate year**: Feb 2022
- **population estimate rank**: 20th
- **population label2**: Density
- **population data2**: (List of countries and territories by population density, 106th)
- **population label3**: Metropolitan France, estimate as of June 2020
- **population data3**: 64,910,000 (List of countries and dependencies by population, 22nd)
- **population density km2**: 116
- **population density sq mi**: 301
- **population density rank**: 89th
- **gdp ppp**: $3.061 trillion
- **gdp ppp year**: 2019
- **gdp ppp rank**: 10th
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $47,223
- **gdp ppp per capita rank**: 26th
- **gdp nominal**: $2.707 trillion
- **gdp nominal year**: 2019
- **gdp nominal rank**: 7th
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $41,761
- **gdp nominal per capita rank**: 22nd
- **gini**: 28.5
- **gini year**: 2018
- **gini change**: decrease
- **hdi**: 0.891
- **hdi year**: 2018
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi rank**: 26th
- **time zone**: Central European Time
- **utc offset**: +1
- **utc offset dst**: +2
- **time zone dst**: Central European Summer Time
- **date format**: dd/mm/yyyy (Anno Domini, AD)
- **drives on**: right
- **calling code**: Telephone numbers in France, +33
- **cctld**: .fr
- **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 km<sub>2</sub> (34,432 sq mi). Adding these give the total shown here for the entire French Republic. The World Factbook reports the total as 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi).