Brief Info

Formal Name: 
French Republic

Government type:
Republic

Capital: Paris

Geographic Coordinates
Area: 547,030 sq km

Geography — note:
Largest West European nation

Land Boundaries:
Total: 2,889 km

Border countries:
Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km

Coastline: 3,427 km 

Dependent areas:
Bassas da India, Clipperton Island, Europa Island, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, New Caledonia, Tromelin Island, Wallis and Futuna

Population (2006 est.):
60,876,136 (growth rate: 0.4%); birth rate: 12.0/1000; life expectancy: 79.7; density per sq mi: 289

Ethnic groups:
Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Southeast Asian, and Basque minorities

Monetary Unit:
Euro (formerly French franc)

Language:
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

Religion:
Roman Catholic 83%–88%, Protestant 2%, Islam 5%–10%, Jewish 1%, unaffiliated 4%

Time: UTC/GMT +1 hour

Dialing Code: +33

Domain Zone: .fr

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