1 day ago · The demography of France is monitored by the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) and the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE). As of 1 January 2021, 65,250,000 people lived in Metropolitan France, while 2,785,000 lived in overseas France, for a total of 68,035,000 inhabitants in the French Republic.
1 day ago · French ( français [fʁɑ̃sɛ] or langue française [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛz]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the ...
- Indo-European, ItalicLatino-FaliscanRomanceWestern RomanceGallo-RomanceOïlFrench
- France, now worldwide
4 days ago · Alsatian, a German dialect, is spoken in Alsace and in parts of Lorraine in eastern France. French was the language of diplomacy and culture in Europe between the 17th and 19th century and is still widely used. Some people in France also speak Basque, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, German, Flemish, and Occitan. Religion
- French
- 57.5% Roman Catholic, 35% Non-religious, 3.5% other faiths, 3% Protestant, 1% Unanswered
- 93.0% French citizens, 7.0% foreign nationals
2 days ago · The French Revolution ( French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799.
- 5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799, (10 years, 6 months and 4 days)
- Abolition of the Ancien Régime and creation of constitutional monarchy, Proclamation of the French First Republic in September 1792, Reign of Terror and Execution of Louis XVI, French Revolutionary Wars, Establishment of the French Consulate in November 1799
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1 day ago · French cuisine ( French: Cuisine française) is the cooking traditions and practices from France. In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel, a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote Le Viandier, one of the earliest recipe collections of medieval France. In the 17th century, chefs François Pierre La Varenne and Marie-Antoine Carême spearheaded ...
1 day ago · France portal. v. t. e. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( / də ˈɡoʊl, - ˈɡɔːl /; French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl də ɡol] ( listen); [1] commonly abbreviated as CDG and known in France simply as " le général ", "the general"; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against ...