France (country)

French Republic République française (French)
Flag Emblem
Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: "La Marseillaise" "The Marsellaise"
Show globe Show map of Europe Location of  metropolitan France  (dark green) – in Europe  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Location of the territory of the French Republic (red) Adélie Land (Antarctic claim; hatched)
Capital and largest city	Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.850°N 2.350°E / 48.850; 2.350
Official language and national language	French
Nationality (2010)	89% French (born) 4.4% French (by acquisition) 6.2% Foreigners 8.9% Immigrants (Maghrebis, Africans, Other Europeans, Asians, Turks, Americans)
Religion (2016)	51% Christian 40% Irreligious 6% Muslim 1% Judaism 2% other faiths
Demonym	French
Government	Unitary semi‑presidential constitutional republic
• President	Emmanuel Macron
• Prime Minister	Édouard Philippe
• President of the Senate	Gérard Larcher
• President of the National Assembly	François de Rugy
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Establishment
• Francia unified	486
• Treaty of Verdun	August 843
• Republic established	22 September 1792
• Founded the EEC	1 January 1958
• Current constitution	4 October 1958
Area
• Total	640,679 km2 (247,368 sq mi) (42nd)
• Metropolitan France (IGN)	551,695 km2 (213,011 sq mi) (50th)
• Metropolitan France (Cadastre)	543,940.9 km2 (210,016.8 sq mi) (50th)
Population
• 2017 estimate	67,186,638 (21st)
• Density	104/km2 (270/sq mi) (106th)
• Metropolitan France, estimate as of December 2017[update]	65,058,000 (22nd)
• Density	116/km2 (300.4/sq mi) (89th)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$2.835 trillion (10th)
• Per capita	$43,760 (26th)
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Total	$2.583 trillion (7th)
• Per capita	$39,869 (22nd)
Gini (2013)	30.1 medium
HDI (2015)	0.897 very high · 21st
Currency	Euro (EUR) CFP franc (XPF)
Time zone	Central European Time (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
	Note: various other time zones are observed in overseas France.
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+33
ISO 3166 code	FR
Internet TLD	.fr
Source gives area of metropolitan France as 551,500 km2 (212,900 sq mi) and lists overseas regions separately, whose areas sum to 89,179 km2 (34,432 sq mi). Adding these give the total shown here for the entire French Republic. The CIA reports the total as 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi).

– in Europe  (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (green)

France (French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions (five of which are situated overseas) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.25 million (as of June 2018). France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse and Bordeaux.