Wp/nyn/France
| part of | Western Europe, Pyrenees–Mediterranean Euroregion, European Union, European Economic Area  |
|---|---|
| inception | August 843, 481, 18 May 1804 |
| official name | République française |
| native label | République française, France |
| short name | France |
| named after | Franks |
| official language | French |
| anthem | La Marseillaise |
| culture | culture of France |
| motto | Liberté, égalité, fraternité |
| motto text | Liberté, égalité, fraternité |
| continent | Europe |
| capital | Paris |
| located in time zone | UTC+01:00 |
| located in or next to body of water | English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea |
| coordinate location | 47°0′0″N 2°0′0″E |
| coordinates of easternmost point | 42°16′56″N 9°33′36″E |
| coordinates of northernmost point | 51°5′20″N 2°32′44″E |
| coordinates of southernmost point | 41°20′1″N 9°15′32″E |
| coordinates of westernmost point | 48°26′45″N 5°9′4″W |
| geoshape | Data:France.map |
| highest point | Mont Blanc |
| lowest point | Étang de Lavalduc |
| basic form of government | semi-presidential system |
| office held by head of state | President of the French Republic |
| head of state | Emmanuel Macron |
| office held by head of government | Prime Minister of France |
| head of government | Sébastien Lecornu |
| executive body | Government of the French Republic |
| legislative body | French Parliament |
| highest judicial authority | Court of Cassation, Conseil d'État, Court of Audit, Constitutional Council of France, Cour de Justice de la République |
| central bank | Bank of France |
| currency | euro, CFP Franc |
| coextensive with | France |
| foundational text | Constitution of France |
| driving side | right |
| electrical plug type | Europlug, Type E |
| replaces | Kingdom of France, Rauracian Republic, Republic of Bouillon, Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune, Kingdom of Bora Bora |
| award received | Lagun Onari, The Economist country of the year |
| studied by | francology |
| has facility | roundabout, crematorium |
| official website | https://www.service-public.fr/ |
| terms of service URL | https://www.service-public.fr/P10050 |
| external data available at URL | https://www.data.gouv.fr/ |
| contact page URL | https://www.service-public.fr/P10017 |
| sitemap URL | https://www.service-public.fr/P10003 |
| hashtag | France, france |
| top-level Internet domain | .fr |
| flag | flag of France |
| coat of arms | coat of arms of France |
| has seal, badge, or sigil | Great Seal of France |
| geography of topic | geography of France |
| has characteristic | free country |
| history of topic | history of France |
| most populous urban area | Paris |
| railway traffic side | left, right |
| maintained by WikiProject | WikiProject France |
| open data portal | data.gouv.fr |
| economy of topic | economy of France |
| demographics of topic | demographics of France |
| Gregorian calendar start date | 20 December 1582, 1 January 1806 |
| mobile country code | 208 |
| telephone country code | +33 |
| trunk prefix | 0 |
| emergency phone number | 112, 15, 17, 18, 114 |
| GS1 country code | 300-379 |
| licence plate code | F |
| maritime identification digits | 226, 227, 228 |
| Stack Exchange tag | https://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/france |
| Unicode character | 🇫🇷 |
| category for honorary citizens of entity | Q8942785 |
| category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of France |
| Lemmy instance URL | https://jlai.lu |
Bufaransa, omu butongore ekwetwa French Republic, n'eihanga eririkusinga kushangwa omu burengye bw'eizooba bwa Europe. Ebicweka byayo eby'aheeru hamwe n'ebyanga birimu French Guiana omuri South America, Saint Pierre na Miquelon omuri North Atlantic, French West Indies, hamwe n'ebirwa bingi omuri Oceania hamwe na Indian Ocean, ekirikugiha omwanya gw'eby'entaasya ogurikukirayo obuhango omu nsi yoona. Ekibuga kya Bufaransa kiine ensharo na Bubirigi hamwe na Luxembourg omu matemba gaayo; Bugirimaani omu matemba g'oburugwa izooba; Switzerland omu burugwa izooba; Italy na Monaco omu mashuuma g'oburugwa izooba; Andorra na Spain omu mashuuma; hamwe n'ensharo ya United Kingdom omu matemba g'oburengyerwa izooba. Ekicweka ky'orurembo rukuru nikigyenda kuruga omuri Rhine kuhisya aha nyanja ya Atlantic, kuruga aha nyanja ya Mediterranean kuhisya aha English Channel hamwe n'enyanja y'omumatemba. Ebicweka byayo ikumi na munaana, bitaano ahari byo biri aheeru y'eizooba, nibikwata ahari 632,702 km2 (244,288 sq mi) kandi biine abantu abarikurenga 68. obukaikuru 6 kuruga okwezi kw'okubanza kwa 2025. Bufaransa n'eihanga ry'omwebembezi w'eihanga. Orurembo rwayo orukuru, orurembo orurikukirayo obuhango, n'orurembo rwa Paris.
Ekicweka kya Bufaransa kikatuurwamu omu bwire bw'ekyoma amahanga ga Celtic agarikumanywa nka Gauls, Rooma etakatungire ekicweka ekyo omuri 51 BC, ekyarugiremu eby'obuhangwa bya Gallo-Romani eby'omutaano. Omu myaka yahagati y'okubanza, aba Frank bakakora obugabe bwa Bufaransa, obwahindukire omutima gw'obugabe bwa Carolingian. Endagaano ya Vertun eya 843 ekagabana obutegyeki, n'oburengyerwa-izooba bwa Bufaransa bwahinduka obugabe bwa Bufaransa. Omu myaka ya ahaiguru eyahaiguru, Bufaransa ekaba eri obugabe bw'amaani, kwonka kuruga ahagati y'ekyasha kya 14 kuhisya ahagati y'ekyasha kya 15, Bufaransa ekaba eri omu rutaro rw'obugabe na Bungyereza orwamanyirwe nk'orutaro rw'emyaka igana. Omu kyasha kya 16, eby'obuhangwa bwa Bufaransa bikakurakurana omu bwire bwa French Renaissance kandi obutegyeki bw'amatware ga Bufaransa bukarugaho. Omunda, Bufaransa ekategyekwa entaro n'amaka ga Habsburg hamwe n'entaro z'ediini za Bufaransa ahagati y'abakaturiki hamwe n'aba Huguenots. Bufaransa ekaba ey'obusinguzi omu rutaro rw'emyaka makumi ashatu kandi ekongyera amaani omu butegyeki bwa Louis 14.