The French Republic
FranceFrance, officially the French Republic (French: République française), is a sovereign country in western Europe, extending from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. France borders the United Provinces, Luxembourg, the Rhineland, Swabia, Switzerland, Lombardy and Spain. The total area of France is 539,700 km², with an estimated population in 1960 of 42 million.
France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with the current president being ?. The capital and largest city is Paris. French Colonial EmpireThe French colonial empire consists of 21 territories, 4 protectorates, 12 colonies, 2 leased territories. The total area of France and all its dependencies is 19,702,800 km², with an estimated population in 1960 of 217 million.
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The French Republic République française (French)
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