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{{Country
{{Country
|native_name = ''République française''
|native_name = République française
|conventional_long_name = French Republic
|conventional_long_name = French Republic
|common_name = France
|common_name = France
|image_main = Map of Modern France.jpg
|official_languages = [[French language|French]]
|main_caption = Map of France
|demonym = [[French people|French]]
|language=[[French language|French]]
|national_motto = <br />''''Liberté, égalité, fraternité''''<br /><small>''"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"''</small>
|national_motto = ''Liberté, égalité, fraternité'' <br />“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
|national_anthem = ''"La Marseillaise"''
|national_anthem = ''La Marseillaise''
|patron_saint = [[Denis of Paris|Saint Denis of Paris]]
|patron_saint = Saint Denis of Paris
|image_flag = France.png
|image_flag = France.png
|image_coat = French emblem.png
|image_coat = French emblem.png
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|image_map = Europe location FRA.png
|image_map = Europe location FRA.png
|map_caption = Location of France on the European continent  
|map_caption = Location of France on the European continent  
|capital = Paris
|image_map2 = Map of Modern France.jpg
|official_languages = [[French language|French]]
|map_caption2 = Map of France
|demonym = French
|capital = [[Paris]]
|government_type = Unitary semi-presidential republic
|largest_city = capital
|leader_title = President
|government_type = Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
|leader_title1 = Prime Minister
|leader_title1 = President
|leader_name = Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP)
|leader_title2 = Prime Minister
|leader_name1 = François Fillon (UMP)
|leader_name1 = François Hollande
|leader_name2 = Jean-Marc Ayrault
|legislature = Parliament
|upper_house = Senate
|lower_house = National Assembly
|sovereignty_type = Formation
|sovereignty_type = Formation
|sovereignty_note = Treaty of Verdun
|sovereignty_note =
|established_title = Established
|established_event1 = Francia
|established_title1 = Current constitution
|established_event2 = West Francia
|established_date = 843
|established_event3 = French First Republic
|established_date1 = 1958
|established_event4 = Current&nbsp;constitution
|accessionEUdate = March 25, 1957
|established_date1 = 486 (Unification by [[Clovis I|Clovis]])
|area_km²          = 674,843
|established_date2 = 843 (Treaty of Verdun)
|area_sq_mi        = 260,558
|established_date3 = 1792 (National Convention)
|area_rank          = 43
|established_date4 = 4 October 1958 (5th Republic)
|population_density_km2 = 114
|accessionEUdate = 25 March 1957
|population_density_rank = 89
|EUseats = 78
|GDP_nominal = 2,593,000,000,000
|FR_metropole = Metropolitan&nbsp;France
|GDP_nominal_rank = 6
|FR_IGN_area_km2 = 551695
|GDP_nominal_year = 2007
|FR_IGN_area_rank = 47th
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = 42,033
|FR_IGN_area_magnitude = 1 E11
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 16
|FR_cadastre_area_magnitude = 1 E11
|GDP_PPP_year = 2007
|FR_IGN_area_sq_mi = 213010
|GDP_PPP = 2,067,000,000,000
|FR_cadastre_area_km2 = 543965
|GDP_PPP_rank = 8
|FR_cadastre_area_rank = 47th
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = 33,508
|FR_cadastre_area_sq_mi = 210026
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 18
|area_km2 = 674843
|currency          = Euro
|area_sq_mi = 260558 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|currency_symbol = €
|area_rank = 41st
|currency_code     = EUR
|area_magnitude = 1 E11
|FR_total_population_estimate = 65,350,000
|FR_total_population_estimate_year = 2012 estimate
|FR_total_population_estimate_rank = 20th
|FR_metropole_population = 63,460,000
|FR_metropole_population_estimate_rank = 22nd
|population_density_km2 = 116
|population_density_sq_mi = 301 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|population_density_rank = 89th
|GDP_nominal = $2.712&nbsp;trillion
|GDP_nominal_rank = 5th
|GDP_nominal_year = 2012
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $42,793
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 20th
|GDP_PPP_year = 2012
|GDP_PPP = $2.257&nbsp;trillion
|GDP_PPP_rank = 9th
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $35,613
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 24th
|Gini = 28.9
|Gini_year = 2008
|HDI_year = 2011
|HDI = {{increase}} 0.884
|HDI_rank = 20th
|HDI_category = <span style="color:#090;">very&nbsp;high</span>
|currency = Euro ()<ref>Prior to 2002, the national currency was the French Franc (₣).</ref>
|currency_code = EUR, XPF
|time_zone = CET
|time_zone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|utc_offset = +1
|time_zone_DST = CEST
|time_zone_DST = CEST<ref>CEST applies to Metropolitan France only. Not all overseas territories observe Daylight Saving Time.</ref>
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|cctld         = .fr
|drives_on = right
|calling_code = 33
|cctld = .fr<ref>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 language|Catalan-speaking]] territories.}}
|footnote1 = <ref>Prior to 2002, the national currency was the French Franc (₣).</ref>
|calling_code =33{{efn|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</ref>
|ISO_3166-1_alpha2 =
|ISO_3166-1_alpha3 = FRA
|ISO_3166-1_numeric =
|sport_code = FRA
|vehicle_code = F
|footnote1 = Excluding [[Adélie Land]] in Antarctica, where sovereignty is suspended.
}}
}}


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