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[[Image:Map of Modern France.jpg| | {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" | ||
|+<big><big>'''''France'''''</big></big> | |||
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{| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;" | |||
| width="130px"| [[Image:France.png|150px]] Flag|| align=center width=130px| [[Image:French emblem.png|110px]] Coat of Arms | |||
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| align=center colspan=2 | '''''Anthem''': La Marseillaise'' | |||
<small>'''''Motto''': Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité''</small> | |||
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| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#f9f9f9;" | [[Image:Map of Modern France.jpg|300px]] Map of France | |||
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|'''Capital''' (and largest city) || Paris | |||
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|'''Official language''' || [[French]] | |||
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|'''Demonym''' || French | |||
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|'''Government''' <br> - President <br> - Prime Minister | |||
|Unitary republic <br>Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) <br>François Fillon (UMP) | |||
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|'''Formation''' <br> - French State <br> - Current constitution | |||
| <br>843 (Treaty of Verdun) <br>1958 (5th Republic) | |||
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|'''Area''' <br> - Total <br> - % water | |||
|<br>674,843 km², 260,558 sq mi <br>2.4 | |||
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|'''Population''' <br> - Total (2008 est.) <br> - Density | |||
|<br>64,473,140 (20th) <br>114/km², 295/sq mi | |||
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|'''GDP''' (2007) <br/> - Total (PPP) <br/> - Total (nom.) <br/> - GDP/capita (PPP) <br/> - GDP/capita (nom.) | |||
| <br>$2,067 trillion (7th) <br/>$2,593 trillion (6th) <br/>$33,508 (IMF) (18th) <br/>$42,033 (IMF) (16th) | |||
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|'''Currency''' || Euro (€) <tt>(EUR)</tt><sup>1</sup> | |||
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| '''Time zone''' <br /> - in summer | |||
| CET (UTC+1)<br>CEST (UTC+2) | |||
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| '''Internet TLD''' || .fr | |||
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| '''Calling Code''' || +33 | |||
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|colspan="2"| <small>Prior to 1999: French franc<sup>1</sup> | |||
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:''For creation apologetics information in the French language: see the [[:fr:|French CreationWiki]]'' | :''For creation apologetics information in the French language: see the [[:fr:|French CreationWiki]]'' | ||
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== Society == | == Society == | ||
[[Image:France_flag.jpg| | [[Image:France_flag.jpg|left|150px]] | ||
In 2006 the population of France was estimated at 60,876,136, up by more than 2 million since the last census in 1999. In addition, 1.9 million live in France’s overseas departments and territories. The annual population growth rate has averaged about 0.4 percent in recent years, less than half the U.S. rate but somewhat above the low West European norm. Nearly all of the [[European Union]] (EU) population growth in recent years has come from France, | In 2006 the population of France was estimated at 60,876,136, up by more than 2 million since the last census in 1999. In addition, 1.9 million live in France’s overseas departments and territories. The annual population growth rate has averaged about 0.4 percent in recent years, less than half the U.S. rate but somewhat above the low West European norm. Nearly all of the [[European Union]] (EU) population growth in recent years has come from France, | ||
as in 2003, when France added 211,000 out of the EU’s 216,000 total increase. The population density in France proper is 111 people per square kilometer of land area (2005 estimate). Threequarters of the French population live in urban settings, defined as cities and towns with more than 2,000 inhabitants.<ref name=loc /> | as in 2003, when France added 211,000 out of the EU’s 216,000 total increase. The population density in France proper is 111 people per square kilometer of land area (2005 estimate). Threequarters of the French population live in urban settings, defined as cities and towns with more than 2,000 inhabitants.<ref name=loc /> | ||
