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1180 - 1364
1364 - 1638
1638 - 24 Oct 1790
24 Oct 1790 - 15 Feb 179415 Feb 1794 - 6 Apr 1814;
13 Mar 1815 - 8 Jul 1815
6 Apr 1814 - 13 Mar 1815;
8 Jul 1815 - 1 Aug 1830
Re-adopted 1 Aug 1830
18 Jun 1940 - 1944 Free French flag
Map of France
Hear National Anthem
"La Marseillaise"
Text of National Anthem
Adopted 1795-1799, 1870
Constitution
(28 Sep 1958)
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Hear Former Anthem
"Le Retour des Princes
Français à Paris"
(The Return of the
French Princes in Paris)
(1815-1830)
Hear Former Anthem
"La Parisienne"
(The Parisian)
(1830-1848)
Hear Former Anthem
"Le Chant des Girondins"
(The Song of Girondists)
(1848-1852)
Hear Former Anthem
"Partant pour la Syrie"
(Going to Syria)
(1852-1870)
Map Administrative Divisions
Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen
(26 Aug 1789)
Imperial Constitutions
(1804and1852; in French)
Former Constitutions
(1791;1848;1875;1946;
in French)
Capital
: Paris
(Vichy 1940-1944)
Currency
: Euro (EUR);
to 1 Jan 2002 French Franc(FRF)
National Holiday
: 14 Jul (1789)
Fete Nationale(National Holiday)
"Bastille Day"
Population
: 60,876,136 (2007)
GDP
: $1.871 trillion (2006)
Exports
: $490 billion (2006)
Imports
: $529 billion (2006)
Ethnic groups
: French 76.9%, Algerian and Moroccan Berber 2.2%,
Italian 1.9%, Portuguese 1.5%, Moroccan Arab 1.5%, Fleming 1.4%,
Algerian Arab 1.3%, Basque 1.3%, Jewish 1.2%, German 1.2%,
Vietnamese 1%, Catalan 0.5%, other 8.1% (2000)
Total Armed Forces
: 259,050 (2003)
Declared Nuclear Power
(1960): est.350 weapons
Merchant marine
: 61 ships (2006)
Religions
: Roman Catholic 82.3%, Muslim 7.1%, atheist 4.4%,Protestant 3.7%, Orthodox 1.1%, Jewish 1%, other 0.4% (2000)
International Organizations/Treaties
: AC (observer), AfDB, ADB, AG, ANT, APM, BDEAC, BIS, BSEC (observer), BTWC, CBSS(observer), CDB, CE, CTBT, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, EU, FAO, G- 5, G- 7, G- 8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM,IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, LU, MIGA,MTCR, NATO, NEA, NPT, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PC, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UN SecurityCouncil, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (nonregional), WCO, WEU, WFTU, WHO,WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
France Index
Chronology
481 Accession of Frankish king Clovis I who later
unites the tribe; in 486 eliminates Syagrius
last remnant of Roman imperial administration.
27 Nov 511 - 719 Divided between Frankish kingdoms of Austrasia,
Neustria and (to 693) Burgundy.
Aug 843 Kingdom of the West Franks(
Francia Occidentalis
).
6 Dec 884 - 13 Jan 888 Re-incorporated into Holy Roman Empire.
May 987 Kingdom of France
6 Nov 1337 - 17 Jul 1453 Hundred Years War with England, during which
English forces occupy much of France.
Regions
Provinces
(to 1791)
Minor
Dependencies
Corsica
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Occupations
(1815-18, 1870-73,
1914-18, 1940-44)
1 Dec 1420 - 13 Apr 1436 Paris occupied England.
21 Oct 1422 - 17 Jul 1453 Kingdom of France in personal union with England
(from 30 Oct 1422, opposed by French).
20 Jan 1558 Calais, the last English possession in France,
is taken by the French.
21 Sep 1792 French Republic ("First Republic").
21 Sep 1792 - 15 Feb 1800 Royalistresistanceto the republic.
18 May 1804 State headed by emperor, but polity continues to
be officially styled French Republic.
1 Jan 1809 French Empire ("First Empire").
6 Apr 1814 Kingdom of France (restored).
13 Mar 1815 French Empire (restored).
7 Jul 1815 - 30 Nov 1818 Occupied by the Allied powers.
8 Jul 1815 Kingdom of France (restored).
24 Feb 1848 French Republic ("Second Republic").
2 Dec 1852 French Empire ("Second Empire").
2 Sep 1870 - 16 Sep 1873 Northern France occupied by Prussia/Germany.
4 Sep 1870 French Republic ("Third Republic")
28 Mar 1871 - 28 May 1871 Paris Commune declared in revolt.
10 May 1871 - 21 Nov 1918 Alsace-Lorraine annexed toGermany.
24 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation of parts of northeasternFrance.
10 Jun 1940 - 3 Sep 1944 France under German occupation (Nord and Pas de
Calaisadministered fromBelgium); 15 Jun 1940
- 20 Mar 1945 Alsace-Lorraine annexedtoGermany; Italian occupation zone in southern
France which is expanded 12 Nov 1942, but from
8 Sep 1943 is also occupied Germany.
11 Jul 1940 - 20 Aug 1944 French State (
État Français
) in unoccupied
southern France (know as "Vichy" France
after its capital); Free French in exile under
de Gaulle in opposition).
11 Nov 1942 - 3 Sep 1944 Vichy France occupied by Germany.
12 Nov 1942 - 31 Jul 1943 Savoy, Nice, and Corsica annexed toItaly.
3 Jun 1944 French Republic ("Third Republic" restored).
16 Jan 1947 ("Fourth Republic")
Pas de Calais
(1940-1944)
Royalist
Resistance
(1792-1800)
Alsace-Lorraine
(1870-1918,1940-44)
Avignon-Venaissin
(1274-1791)
Mömpelgard
(Montbeliard)
(1697-1793)
Mülhausen
(Mulhouse)
(1699-1801)
Paris Commune
(1871)
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