France
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| French Republic
République française
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| Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (French) "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | ||||||
| Anthem: "La Marseillaise" | ||||||
![Location of Metropolitan France (dark green)– in Europe (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) — [Legend]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-France.svg)
Location of Metropolitan France (dark green)
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Territory of the French Republic.a
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| Capital and largest city | Paris 48°51.4′N 2°21.05′E | |||||
| Official languages | French[note 1] | |||||
| Demonym | French | |||||
| Government | Unitary semi-presidentialconstitutional republic | |||||
| - | President | François Hollande | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| - | Upper house | Senate | ||||
| - | Lower house | National Assembly | ||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Frankish Kingdom (unified by Clovis) | 486 | ||||
| - | Kingdom of France (Treaty of Verdun) | 843 | ||||
| - | French Republic (National Convention) | 1792 | ||||
| - | Current constitution (Fifth Republic) | 4 October 1958 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total[note 2] | 640,679[1] km2 (43d) 246,201 sq mi | ||||
| - | Metropolitan France | |||||
| - IGN[note 3] | 551,695 km2 (50th) 213,010 sq mi | |||||
| - Cadastre[note 4] | 543,965 km2 (50th) 210,026 sq mi | |||||
| Population | ||||||
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| - | Total[note 2] | 65,950,000[3] (19th) | ||||
| - | Metropolitan France | 63,460,000[2] (22nd) | ||||
| - | Density[note 5] | 116/km2 (89th) 301/sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $2.254 trillion[4] (9th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $35,548[4] (24th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $2.609 trillion[4] (5th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $41,141[4] (23rd) | ||||
| Gini (2008) | 32.7[5] medium | |||||
| HDI (2013) |  0.893[6]very high · 20th | |||||
| Currency |
(EUR, XPF) | |||||
| Time zone | CET[note 8] (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST[note 9] (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | 33[note 10] | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | FR | |||||
| Internet TLD | .fr[note 11] | |||||
| a. | Excluding Adélie Land in Antarctica, where sovereignty is suspended. | |||||
France (UK English pronunciation: /ˈfrɑːns/ frahnss; US English pronunciation: 
i/ˈfræns/ franss; French: [fʁɑ̃s] (
listen)), officially the French Republic(French: République française French pronunciation: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe,[note 12] with severaloverseas regions and territories. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from theRhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three countries (Morocco, Spain) to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. From its shape, it is often referred to in French as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon"). It is a member of the European Union.
i/ˈfræns/ franss; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic(French: République française French pronunciation: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe,[note 12] with severaloverseas regions and territories. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from theRhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three countries (Morocco, Spain) to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. From its shape, it is often referred to in French as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon"). It is a member of the European Union.
France is the largest country in Western Europe and the third-largest in Europe as a whole. It possesses the 2nd-largest exclusive economic zonein the world. France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military, and political influence in Europe and around the world.[7]France has its main ideals expressed in the 18th-century Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second-largest colonial empire of the time, ruling large portions of first North America and India and then Northwest and Central Africa; Madagascar; Indochina and Kouang-Tchéou-Wan; and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
France is a developed country,[8] possessing the world's 9th-largest economy by purchasing power parity and Europe's 4th largest.[9] In terms of total household wealth, France is the wealthiest nation in Europe and 4th in the world.[10] French citizens enjoy a high standard of living, highpublic education level, and one of the world's longest life expectancies.[11] France has been listed as the world's "best overall health care" provider by the World Health Organization.[12] It is the most-visited country in the world, receiving 83 million foreign tourists annually.[13]
France has the world's 6th-largest military budget,[14] the 3rd-largest deployable force in NATO, and the 29th-largest military in the world. France possesses the 3rd-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world[15] and the world's 2nd-largest diplomatic corps behind the US.[16] France is a founding member of the United Nations, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and a member of the Francophonie, theG8, G20, NATO, OECD, WTO, and the Latin Union. It is also a founding and leading member state of the European Union and the largest EU state by area.[17] In 2013, France was listed 20th on the Human Development Index and, in 2012, 22nd on the Corruption Perceptions Index.[
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