Template:France infobox

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République française
Flag of France France: Coat of Arms
(Flag) (Coat of Arms)
Motto : Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
(French: Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood)
Anthem: La Marseillaise
Location of France
Capital Paris
48°51′ N 2°20′ E
Largest city Paris
Official language French1
Government
 • President
 • Prime Minister		 Unitary republic
Jacques Chirac
Dominique de Villepin
Formation 843 (Treaty of Verdun)
(5th Republic: 1958)
Area
 • Total2

 • Metropolitan France3
674,843 km² (40th)
(260,558 sq. mi.)
551,695 km²4 (47th)
(213,011 sq. mi.)
543,965 km²5 (47th)
(210,026 sq. mi.)
Population
(January 1, 2005)
 • Total2
 • Metropolitan France3
 • Density3
(Official INSEE source)
63,056,200 (20th)
60,561,200 (20th)
111/km² (68th)
GDP
 • Total (nominal)
 • GNI/capita (PPP)		 2004 est. (WB source)
$2.003 Trillion (5th)
$29,320 (20th)
HDI (2003) 0.938 (16th) – high
Currency Euro (€)6, CFP Franc7
Time zone
 • in summer		 CET (UTC+1)3
CEST (UTC+2)3
Internet TLD .fr
Calling code 33

1 See Languages section for regional languages
2 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
3 Metropolitan (i.e. European) France only
4 French National Geographic Institute data
5 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
6 Whole of the French Republic except the overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean
7 French overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean only
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