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|conventional_long_name = French Republic | |conventional_long_name = French Republic | ||
|common_name = France | |common_name = France | ||
|image_main = Map of Modern France.jpg | |||
|main_caption = Map of France | |||
|language=[[French language|French]] | |language=[[French language|French]] | ||
|national_motto = ''Liberté, égalité, fraternité'' <br />“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” | |national_motto = ''Liberté, égalité, fraternité'' <br />“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” | ||
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== Religion == | == Religion == | ||
Between 83 percent and 90 percent of the French population is [[Roman Catholic]] and only 2 percent [[Protestant]]. The rate of religious practice among the nominally Catholic population is very low. France also has a [[Jewish]] minority of about 1 percent, a [[Muslim]] minority of 5–10 percent, and about 4 percent unaffiliated. France’s Muslim population is the largest in [[Europe]].<ref name=loc /> | Between 83 percent and 90 percent of the French population is [[Roman Catholic]] and only 2 percent [[Protestant]]. The rate of religious practice among the nominally Catholic population is very low. France also has a [[Jewish]] minority of about 1 percent, a [[Muslim]] minority of 5–10 percent, and about 4 percent unaffiliated. France’s Muslim population is the largest in [[Europe]].<ref name=loc /> | ||
