• République française:

  French Republic
  
  

• Motto:

  Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité - "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
  
  

• Anthem:

  La Marseillaise
  
  

• Capital (and largest city):

  Paris (48°52'N 2°19.59'E)
  
  

• Official languages:

  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 ² (47th) 213,010 sq mi
    • 543,965 km² ³ (47th) 210,026 sq mi
  
  

• Population:

  • January 2007 estimate
  • Total¹ 64,102,140 ⁴ (20th)
  • Metropolitan France 61,538,322 ⁵ (20th)
  • Density ⁶ 113/km² (89th) 293/sq mi
  
  

• GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate:

  • Total $1.830 trillion (7th)
  • Per capita $29,316 (20th)
  
  

• HDI (2004):

  0.942 (high) (16th)
  
  

• Currency:

  Euro (€)⁷, CFP Franc⁸ (EUR, XPF)
  
  

• Time zone:

  • CET⁶ (UTC+1)
  • Summer (DST) CEST⁶ (UTC+2)
  
  

• Internet TLD:

  .fr⁹
  
  

• Calling code:

  +33
  
  

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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 French National Geographic Institute data.

³ 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.

⁴ Official INSEE source

⁵ Official INSEE source

⁶ Metropolitan France only.

⁷ Whole of the French Republic except the overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean.

⁸ French overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean only.

⁹ 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.

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