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France
Location marker · geographic overview
46° N / 2° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Paris
- Population
- 68,551,653 2024
- Area
- 543,908 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- French
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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Discover France
FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · France
France is a country with which almost every traveller has a relationship. Many dream of its joie de vivre shown by the countless cafés, picturesque villages, and world-famous gastronomy. Some come to follow the trail of France's great philosophers, writers and artists, or to immerse in the beautiful language it gave to the world.
Landscape & landmarks
If your first thought of France is the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe or the smile on the Mona Lisa, you're thinking of Paris.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Fondue Savoyarde (central Alps) : melted/hot cheese with white wineRead the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-27. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
A little more to discover +
- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Europe
- Calling code
- +33
- Internet domain
- .fr
- Land border codes
- AND, BEL, DEU, ITA, LUX, MCO, ESP, CHE
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .fr. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.