Basic facts about France
Country name: | France |
Capital: | Paris |
Country code: | 264 |
Continent: | Europe |
Currency name: | Euro |
Independence: | |
Independent from: | no official date of independence |
Total area (km2): | 643,801 |
Land area (km2): | 640,427 |
Water area (km2): | 3,374 |
Population: | 65,951,611 |
Population note: | 65,951,611 (July 2013 est.) |
Official language: | French |
All languages: | French (official) 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect) |
Time zone: | CET(UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) |
Date format: | |
Drive on: | right |
Calling code: | +33 |
Domain: | .fr |