France
...Republic
Flag of France
Flag Emblem of France
Emblem
Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
(French: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity")
Anthem(s): La Marseillaise
Location of France
Capital Paris
48°52′N 2°19.59′E
Largest city Paris
Official language(s) French
Government Unitary republic
- President Jacques Chirac
- Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin
Formation
- French State 843 (Treaty of Verdun)
- Current constitution 1958 (5th Republic)
Accession to EU March 25, 1957
Area
- Total 1 674,843 km² (40th)
260,558 sq mi
- Metropolitan France 551,695 km² 3 (47th)
213,010 sq mi
- Land area 2 543,965 km² 4 (47th)
210,026 sq mi
Population
- 1 January 2006 est. 5
- Total1 63,587,700 (20th)
- Metropolitan France 61,044,684 (20th)
- Density 112/km² (89th)
291/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate
- Total $1.830 trillion (7th)
- Per capita $29,316 (20th)
HDI (2003) 0.938 (16th) high
Currency Euro () 6, CFP Franc 7 (EUR, XPF)
Time zone CET 2 (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST) CEST 2 (UTC+2)
Internet TLD .fr 8
Calling code +33
1 Whole territory of the French Republic, including all the overseas departments and territories, but excluding the French territory of Terre Adélie in Antarctica where sovereignty is suspended since the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959.
2 Metropolitan (i.e. European) France only.
3 French National Geographic Institute data.
4 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers.
5 Official INSEE source
6 Whole of the French Republic except the overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean.
7 French overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean only.
8 In addition to .fr, several other Internet TLDs are used in French overseas départements and territories: .re, .mq,...
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