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 |