French Union

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political union successor to the French colonial empire

The French Union was a political entity established after World War II to reorganize France’s relationship with its colonies and overseas territories within a quasi-federal framework.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
France (postwar) 1
Union française 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political union ⓘ
successor to the French colonial empire ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction French associated states ⓘ
French overseas departments ⓘ
French overseas territories ⓘ
French protectorates ⓘ
Metropolitan France ⓘ
surface form: metropolitan France
capital Paris ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolutionDate 4 October 1958 ⓘ
governmentForm quasi-federal union ⓘ
hasPart French Republic ⓘ
associated states of the French Union ⓘ
overseas departments of the French Union ⓘ
overseas territories of the French Union ⓘ
protectorates of the French Union ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II decolonization era ⓘ
ideology French Unionism ⓘ
inception 1946 ⓘ
includesTerritory Algeria ⓘ
Trust Territory of Cameroon under French administration ⓘ
surface form: Cameroons under French administration

French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
French India ⓘ
surface form: French India (Pondicherry and other enclaves)

French Polynesia ⓘ
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas ⓘ
surface form: French Somaliland

French West Africa ⓘ
Guadeloupe ⓘ
French Indochina ⓘ
surface form: Indochina

Madagascar ⓘ
Martinique ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
New Caledonia ⓘ
Réunion ⓘ
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) ⓘ
surface form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration ⓘ
surface form: Togoland under French administration

Tunisia ⓘ
legalBasis French 1946 Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 27 October 1946
officialLanguage French ⓘ
officialName French Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Union française
partOf French Fourth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Fourth French Republic
purpose reorganize France’s relationship with its colonies and overseas territories ⓘ
transform the French colonial empire into a quasi-federal union ⓘ
reasonForDissolution adoption of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic ⓘ
transition toward decolonization and independence of member territories ⓘ
replacedBy French Community ⓘ
replaces French colonial empire ⓘ
significantEvent Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
startDate 27 October 1946 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Würger → associatedWithOperator → French Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: France (postwar)
Battle of Dien Bien Phu → belligerent → French Union ⓘ
Brazzaville Conference → influenced → French Union ⓘ
French Union → officialName → French Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union française
French Community → precededBy → French Union ⓘ
French colonial empire → successor → French Union ⓘ