Europe · Western EuropeFR · +33
Country profile / FR
France
French Republic
Capital
Paris
Region
Europe
ISO
FR
Local time in France
live · IANAParis
Europe/Paris
Reference ledger
CapitalParisAdministrative seat
LanguagesFrench1 listed
CurrenciesEuro1 listed
Time zonesEurope/Paris1 IANA identifier
Area551,695 km²Ranked 50 of 241 by area
Dialing+33International calling prefix
A sense of scale
area percentileLarger than 80% of places in this atlas.
At 551,695 km², France ranks 50 of 241 records by land area. This comparison uses the same bundled source for every profile, so the scale is internally consistent.
#50by area in this atlas
Land neighbors
8Field notes
2 notes“France's Eiffel Tower was intended to be dismantled after 20 years.”
02France boasts over a thousand varieties of cheese.
Use these identifiers accurately
The two-letter code FR is the compact ISO identifier used in addresses, locale selectors, and many data feeds. The dialing prefix +33 belongs at the start of an international phone number. Time zone names such as Europe/Paris should be preferred over a fixed UTC offset because they carry daylight-saving rules.
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ISOFR
Borders8
Time zones1