France

French Republic

France (FR, FRA) is a country in Western Europe, with Paris as its capital. The currency is the Euro (EUR, €). The international dialling code is +33 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 06 12 34 56 78. The time zone is Europe/Paris. Official language: French.

CurrencyEUR€

Dial code+33e.g. 06 12 34 56 78

Time zoneParisUTC+01:00

LanguageFrench

CapitalParis

Population68.4M551.7K km²

Overview

Official name: French Republic
Native name: France
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: FR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: FRA
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 250
IOC code: FRA
Demonym: French
Capital: Paris
Region: Europe › Western Europe
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Western Europe
European Union
Eurozone
United Nations
Internet domain: .fr
Coordinates: 46, 2
Area: 551,695 km²
Population: 68,374,600
GDP: $3.8T ($55K per person)
Literacy: 99%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇦🇩 Andorra
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇩🇪 Germany
🇮🇹 Italy
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
🇲🇨 Monaco
🇪🇸 Spain
🇨🇭 Switzerland

Currency

Euro EUR

Symbol: €
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: 1 234,50 €

Former currencies: FRF

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population	Writing
French fr	Official	97% (66.3M)
English en		39% (26.7M)
Spanish es		13% (8.9M)
German de		5% (3.4M)
Occitan oc		3% (2.1M)	5%
Italian it		1.7% (1.2M)
Portuguese pt		1.3% (888.9K)
Picard pcd		1.1% (752.1K)
Swiss German gsw		0.91% (622.2K)	5%
Breton br		0.83% (567.5K)
Corsican co		0.24% (164.1K)	5%
Hmong Njua hnj		0.19% (129.9K)
Catalan ca		0.17% (116.2K)
Basque eu		0.13% (88.9K)
Dutch nl		0.13% (88.9K)
Arpitan frp		0.094% (64.3K)
mww mww		0.015% (10.3K)
Interlingua ia		0.0002% (136.7)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Europe/Paris		UTC+01:00	UTC+02:00	Central European Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +33
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 9 digits
Emergency number: 15 pattern 1(?:12|[578])

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	01 23 45 67 89	+33 1 23 45 67 89	XX XX XX XX XX	9
Mobile	06 12 34 56 78	+33 6 12 34 56 78	XX XX XX XX XX	9
Toll free	0 801 23 45 67	+33 801 23 45 67	X XXX XX XX XX	9
Premium rate	0 891 12 34 56	+33 891 12 34 56	X XXX XX XX XX	9
Shared cost	0 884 01 23 45	+33 884 01 23 45	X XXX XX XX XX	9
VoIP	09 12 34 56 78	+33 9 12 34 56 78	XX XX XX XX XX	9
Universal access	0 806 12 34 56	+33 806 12 34 56	X XXX XX XX XX	9

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Show the 4 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{4})`	`10`	`$1`	`$1`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`1`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})`	`8`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`
`(\d)(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})`	`[1-79]`	`$1 $2 $3 $4 $5`	`$1 $2 $3 $4 $5`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Organization}

{Name}

{Street address}

{Postal code} {City}

Required fields: Street address, City, Postal code
Uppercase fields: City, Sorting code

Postal code

Pattern: \d{2} ?\d{3}
Examples: 33380 · 34092 · 33506
Post office lookup: https://www.laposte.fr/outils/trouver-un-code-postal

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Monday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 4 days of the new year
Hour cycle: 24-hour (0–23), also hB
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: br-FR
ca-FR
co-FR
en-FR
fr-FR
gsw-FR
oc-FR

Number and date formats

As written by the French (France) locale (fr-FR), amounts in EUR.

Number: 1 234 567,891
Percent: 45,7 %
Currency (EUR): 1 234 567,89 €
Accounting: (1 234 567,89 €)
Currency, name: 1 234 567,89 euros
Compact short: 1,2 M
Compact long: 1,2 million
Scientific: 1,235E6
Speed: 88 kilomètres par heure
Temperature: 21,5 °C
Date, full: vendredi 27 mars 2026
Date, long: 27 mars 2026
Date, medium: 27 mars 2026
Date, short: 27/03/2026
Time, medium: 15:04:05
Time, short: 15:04
Date and time: 27 mars 2026, 15:04
Month and year: mars 2026
Weekday: vendredi
Relative time: hier · dans 3 jours · il y a 2 heures
List: and: A, B et C
List: or: A, B ou C