modern France

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Modern France is a Western European nation known for its rich historical legacy from ancient Gaul through the Roman Empire to the present, and for its major cultural, political, and economic influence worldwide.

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Surface form Occurrences
modern-day France 1

Statements (94)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sovereign state
borderedBy Andorra NERFINISHED
Belgium NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Luxembourg NERFINISHED
Monaco NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
Switzerland NERFINISHED
callingCode +33
capital Paris NERFINISHED
continent Europe
currencyCode EUR
currencyUserOf Eurozone NERFINISHED
drivesOn right
economicClassification developed country
high-income economy
establishedInCurrentForm 1958
formerColonialEmpire French colonial empire NERFINISHED
foundingDocument Constitution of the Fifth Republic NERFINISHED
governmentType unitary semi-presidential republic
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
English Channel NERFINISHED
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
hasMajorCity Lyon NERFINISHED
Marseille NERFINISHED
Nantes NERFINISHED
Nice NERFINISHED
Strasbourg NERFINISHED
Toulouse NERFINISHED
hasNuclearWeapons true
hasOverseasRegions French Guiana NERFINISHED
Guadeloupe NERFINISHED
Martinique NERFINISHED
Mayotte NERFINISHED
Réunion NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of France
headOfStateTitle President of France NERFINISHED
historicalPredecessor Ancien Régime NERFINISHED
French First Republic NERFINISHED
French Fourth Republic NERFINISHED
French Second Republic NERFINISHED
French Third Republic NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Gaul NERFINISHED
influencedBy Enlightenment NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
influencedWorldHistoryThrough French Revolution NERFINISHED
internetTLD .fr
isSecularState true
largestCity Paris NERFINISHED
legalCapital Paris NERFINISHED
legalSystem civil law system
legislature French Parliament NERFINISHED
locatedIn Western Europe
lowerHouse National Assembly of France NERFINISHED
majorCulturalExports French cinema
French cuisine
French fashion
French literature
fine arts
philosophy
majorReligion Roman Catholicism
memberOf Council of Europe NERFINISHED
European Union NERFINISHED
G20 NERFINISHED
G7 NERFINISHED
NATO NERFINISHED
OECD NERFINISHED
Schengen Area NERFINISHED
United Nations
nationalAnthem La Marseillaise NERFINISHED
nationalCurrency euro
nationalDay Bastille Day NERFINISHED
nationalDayDate 14 July
nationalMotto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité NERFINISHED
nativeName République française NERFINISHED
officialLanguage French
officialName French Republic NERFINISHED
permanentMemberOf United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED
politicalSystemFeature multi-party system
principle laïcité NERFINISHED
regionalLanguage Alsatian
Basque
Breton
Catalan NERFINISHED
Corsican
Occitan NERFINISHED
shortName France NERFINISHED
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
upperHouse Senate of France NERFINISHED
usesVotingSystem two-round system for presidential elections

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Merovingian scripts geographicFocus modern France
this entity surface form: modern-day France
Roman conquest of Gaul hasLocation modern France