Country

France

Also Known As French Republic

Western Europe

France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Paris. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Paris 2

Population

69,081,996 2

January 2026 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2026 2

Area (sq km)

632,702.3 2

Total area including metropolitan France and overseas France.

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

France

Regions

Territories

French Polynesia

France

Guadeloupe

France

Martinique

France

New Caledonia

France

Wallis and Futuna

France

Cities

91 entries

Subregion

Country (Contained By)

Continent

Population Band

Capital Status

Founding Era

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FAQs

Where does the name France come from?

France comes from the Latin Francia, meaning Land of the Franks.

The name France derives from the Latin name Francia, meaning Land of the Franks. The Franks were a group of Germanic tribes living along the middle and lower Rhine River in the 3rd century A.D. The origin of the tribal name itself is unclear. It may come from the Old German word franka, meaning brave, or from a personal name such as Francio or Francus.

Connections

Associated With

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes is a region of France.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)

Bocage

Bordeaux

Camargue

Grand Est

Grand Est is a region of France.

Source Grand Est (Wikipedia)

Lille

Loire Valley

Lyon

Source Lyon (Wikipedia)

Marseille

Source Marseille (Wikipedia)

Nantes

Source Nantes (Wikipedia)

Nice

Source Nice (Wikipedia)

Occitanie

Occitanie is a region of France.

Source Occitanie (Wikipedia)

Paris

Source Paris (Wikipedia)

Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire is a region of France.

Source Pays de la Loire (Wikipedia)

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur is a region of France.

Source Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (Wikipedia)

Pyrenees

Strasbourg

Source Strasbourg (Wikipedia)

The Alps

Source Alps (Wikipedia)

Toulouse

Source Toulouse (Wikipedia)

Verdon Gorge

Western Europe

Source Western Europe (Wikipedia)

Bordered By Water

Source Lake Geneva (Wikipedia)

Ligurian Sea

North Sea

Source North Sea (Wikipedia)

Strait of Bonifacio

Strait of Dover

Tyrrhenian Sea

Has Capital

Paris

Paris is the capital of France.

Source Paris (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

France's Ocean Is Almost Never Near France

Rivers Through Territory

Loire River

Rhine River

The Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border.

Source Rhine (Wikipedia)

Rhone River

Seine River

In the Other Atlases

Same As

France

Also in Political Atlas: the same subject.

Has Member

Group of Eight (G8)

Also in Economics Atlas: a member of this subject.

Participant In

Franco-Prussian War

Also in History Atlas: a participant in this subject.

Suez Crisis

Also in History Atlas: a participant in this subject.

Nationals Include

Annie Genevard

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Annie Genevard

Charles Thibault

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Charles Thibault (Q9189076)

Christian Bonnet

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Christian Bonnet

Didier Guillaume

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Didier Guillaume

Dominique Bussereau

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Dominique Bussereau

Edgard Pisani

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Edgard Pisani

Ernest Mercier

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Ernest Mercier

Francois Guillaume

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Francois Guillaume

Francois Patriat

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Francois Patriat

Henri Nallet

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Henri Nallet

Henri Rochereau

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Henri Rochereau

Herve Gaymard

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Herve Gaymard

Jacques Duhamel

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Jacques Duhamel

Jacques Mezard

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Jacques Mezard

Jean Glavany

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Jean Glavany

Jean Puech

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Jean Puech

Jean-Pierre Soisson

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Jean-Pierre Soisson

John Williams Mellor

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: John Williams Mellor

Julien Denormandie

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Julien Denormandie

Louis Le Pensec

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Louis Le Pensec

Louis Mermaz

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Louis Mermaz

Marc Fesneau

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Marc Fesneau

Michel Cointat

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Michel Cointat

Philippe Vasseur

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Philippe Vasseur

Pierre Mehaignerie

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Pierre Mehaignerie

Raymond Marcellin

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Raymond Marcellin

Robert Boulin

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Robert Boulin

Rodolphe Barrangou

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Rodolphe Barrangou

Roger Houdet

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Roger Houdet

Stephane Le Foll

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Stephane Le Foll

Stephane Travert

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Stephane Travert

Auguste Perret

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Auguste PerretLead [nationality]

Quote, Lead [nationality]

was a French architect

Gustave Eiffel

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Gustave EiffelLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel ( EYE-fəl; French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡystav ɛfɛl]; né Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer.

Le Corbusier

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Paul Philippe Cret

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source EBSCO Research Starters: Louis I. KahnKahn biography, education at Penn

Quote, Kahn biography, education at Penn

There the Frenchman Paul Cret taught the principles of Beaux-Arts architecture.

Alberto Giacometti

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Alberto Giacometti

Andre Derain

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Andrei Tarkovsky

Antoine Coypel

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Aristide Maillol

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Aristide Maillol

Auguste Rodin

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Auguste Rodin, WikipediaLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

François Auguste René Rodin (; French: [fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst(ə) ʁəne ʁɔdɛ̃]; 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture.

Barbara Chase-Riboud

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Benvenuto Cellini

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Benvenuto Cellini

Bernard Palissy

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Bernard Palissy

Berthe Morisot

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Brassai

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Brassai

Camille Claudel

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Camille Claudel (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Camille Rosalie Claudel (French pronunciation: [kamij klodɛl] ; 8 December 1864 – 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble.

Camille Corot

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Camille Corot

Camille Pissarro

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Camille Saint-Saens

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Camille Saint-Saens

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Origin Of

Art Deco

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Beaux-Arts Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia

Brutalism

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Chateauesque Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Cistercian Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Directoire Style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Egyptian Revival Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia

Empire Style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Empire (style) - Wikipedia

French Colonial Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

French Gothic architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

French Restoration style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Gothic Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Henry II style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Henry IV Style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

High-Tech Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Louis Philippe style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Louis XIV Style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Louis XV style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Louis XVI Style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Merovingian Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Neoclassical Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Neo-Grec Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Norman Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Plantagenet Style

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Rayonnant Gothic Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Rococo Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia

Second Empire Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia

Second Empire Architecture in Europe

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Southern French Gothic

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Alfred Sisley

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipediatier 2

Andre Derain

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipediatier 2

Animation

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipediatier 2

Aristide Maillol

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Assemblage

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Assemblage (Britannica)tier 2

Auguste Rodin

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Auguste Rodin, Wikipedia

Bernard Palissy

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Getty Research Institute: Union List of Artist Names: Bernard PalissyBirth and Death Places

Quote, Birth and Death Places

Born: Agen (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) (inhabited place)

Berthe Morisot

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipediatier 2

Camille Claudel

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Camille Claudel (Wikipedia)

Claude Debussy

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipediatier 2

Claude Monet

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)

Collage

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Tate

Edgar Degas

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipediatier 2

Édouard Manet

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipediatier 2

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (Wikipedia)

Enguerrand Quarton

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Enguerrand Quarton (Wikipedia)Wikipedia sections

Quote, Wikipedia sections

Quarton was born in the diocese of Laon in northern France

Erik Satie

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Eugène Atget

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Eugène Atget

Eugene Delacroix

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)

François Clouet

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: François Clouet (French draftsman and painter, ca. 1516-1572)Birth and Death Places

Quote, Birth and Death Places

Born: Tours (Centre region, France) (inhabited place)

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

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Location Of

Battle of the Somme

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Battle of the Somme (National Army Museum)

June Days uprising

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Treaty of Bretigny

Also in History Atlas: which took place in this subject.