FAST FACTS

• Name: France 
  (long form) French Republic 
• Capital City: Paris (2,193,031 pop.)
  (11,836,970 metro)
• France Population: (2010 est.)
• World Populations (all countries)
• Currency: Euro
  (conversion rates)
  
  
  20 Euros
• Ethnicity: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, and Basque minorities
• Holidays
• GDP total: $2.16 trillion (2010 est.)
• GDP per capita: $33,300 (2010 est.)
• Land Sizes
• Language: French (official) 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois
• Largest Cities: (by population) Paris, Marseille, Lyon. Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg
• Name: The name France is from the Latin word 'Francia' meaning country of the Franks, a Germanic people who conquered the area during the 5th century.
• National Day: July 14
  
  Note: "Fete de la Federation" is celebrated with a mixture of solemn military parades, dancing in the streets and fireworks. The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 has been commemorated in France for more than a century.
• Religion: Roman Catholic 88%, Muslim 5%, Protestant 2%, unaffiliated 2%, Jewish 1%,
• Symbols

Street Cafes, Colmar, France

The small village of Itterswiller, Alsace Region, France