Outline of France

General reference

• Pronunciation: or, ;
• Common English country name: France
• Official English country name: The French Republic
• Common endonym: La France
• Official endonym: République française
• Adjectival: French
• Demonym: French
• Etymology: Name of France
• International rankings of France
• ISO country codes: FR, FRA, 250
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain:.fr

  Geography of France

• France is a:
• * Country
• ** Developed country
• * Sovereign state
• ** Member State of the European Union
• Location:
• * Northern Hemisphere, on the Prime Meridian
• ** Eurasia
• *** Europe
• **** mostly in Western Europe
• * Time in France
• ** Time zones:
• *** Metropolitan France – Central European Time, Central European Summer Time
• * Extreme points of France
• ** North: Dunkirk at the North Sea
• ** South: Perpignan, at the Spanish border
• ** East: Haguenau, at the German border
• ** West: Brest, south of Land's End
• ** High: Mont Blanc – highest point of Western Europe
• ** Low: Les Moëres
• * Land boundaries: 4072 km
• **Metropolitan France: 2,889 km
• **French Guiana: 1,183 km
• *Coastline: 4,668 km
• **Metropolitan France: 3,427 km
• **Incorporated overseas territories: 1,241 km
• Population of France: 65,400,000 people - 20th most populous country
• Area of France: - 40th largest country
• :commons:Atlas of France|Atlas of France
• Communes of France

  Environment of France

• Climate of France
• Ecology of France
• * Renewable energy in France
• Geology of France
• National parks of France
• Wildlife of France
• * Flora of France
• ** Flora of the Alps
• * Fauna of France
• ** Birds of France
• ** Mammals of France
• ** Non-marine molluscs of France

  Geographic features of France

• Glaciers of France
• Islands of France
• Lakes of France
• Mountains of France
• * French Alps
• * Volcanoes in France
• Rivers of France
• List of World Heritage Sites in France

  Regions of France

• Metropolitan France
• Overseas departments and territories of France

  Administrative divisions of France

• Regions of France
• * Departments of France
• ** Municipalities of France

  Regions of France (Administrative)

Departments of France

Municipalities of France

• Cities of France
• * Capital of France: Paris - also the largest city in France, with over 2,000,000 inhabitants
• * Strasbourg - official seat of the European Parliament
• * Lyon - silk capital of the world and the location of the headquarters of Interpol and Euronews
• * Marseille - France's largest commercial port

  Demography of France

Neighbors of France

• Belgium
• Luxembourg
• Germany
• Switzerland
• Italy
• Monaco
• Andorra
• Spain

• United Kingdom

• Brazil
• Suriname
• Sint Maarten

  Government and politics of France

• Form of government: unitary semi-presidential republic
• Capital of France: Paris
• Constitutional Council of France
• Elections in France
• * French presidential elections: 1848 - 1958 - 1965 - 1969 - 1974 - 1981 - 1988 - 1995 - 2002 - 2007 - 2012 - 2017
• * French parliamentary elections: 1795 - 1798 - 1815 - 1816 - 1820 - 1824 - 1827 - 1830 - 1831 - 1834 - 1837 - 1839 - 1842 - 1846 - 1848 - 1849 - 1852 - 1857 - 1863 - 1869 - 1871 - 1871 - 1876 - 1877 - 1881 - 1885 - 1889 - 1893 - 1898 - 1902 - 1906 - 1910 - 1914 - 1919 - 1924 - 1928 - 1932 - 1936 - 1945 - 1946 - 1946 - 1951 - 1956 - 1958 - 1962 - 1967 - 1968 - 1973 - 1978 - 1981 - 1986 - 1988 - 1993 - 1997 - 2002 - 2007 - 2012 - 2017
• * French referendums: 1793 - 1795 - 1800 - 1802 - 1804 - 1815 - 1851 - 1852 - 1870 - 1945 - 1946 - 1946 - 1958 - 1961 - 1962 - 1962 - 1969 - 1972 - 1988 - 1992 - 2000 - 2005
• Feminism in France
• Foreign relations of France
• Liberalism and radicalism in France
• Political parties in France
• Political scandals of France
• Taxation in France

  Branches of the government of France

Executive branch

• Head of state: President of the French Republic
• Le Gouvernement
• *Head of government: Prime Minister of France
• * Minister of Foreign Affairs
• * Minister of the Interior
• * Minister of Overseas France
• * Minister of the Environment
• * Minister of Transportation
• * Minister of Public Works
• * Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry
• * Minister of Defence
• * Minister of Justice
• * Minister of National Education
• * Minister of Higher Education and Research
• * Minister of Culture
• * Minister of Agriculture
• * Minister of Tourism
• * Minister of the Sea
• * Minister of Health
• * Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
• *Minister of Budget, Public Accounting and Civil Servants
• *Minister of Immigration, Integration, National identity and Co-development
• * Minister of Social Affairs
• * Minister of Housing

  Legislative branch

• Parliament of France
• * French National Assembly
• * French Senate
• French Economic and Social Council

  Judicial branch

• Constitutional Council of France

  Foreign relations of France

• France is a nuclear power

  International organization membership

• African Development Bank Group
• African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur
• Arctic Council
• Asian Development Bank
• Australia Group
• Bank for International Settlements
• Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
• Confederation of European Paper Industries
• Conference des Ministres des Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc
• Council of Europe
• Council of the Baltic Sea States
• Development Bank of Central African States
• Economic and Monetary Union
• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• European Investment Bank
• European Organization for Nuclear Research
• European Space Agency
• European Union
• Food and Agriculture Organization
• Group of Five
• Group of Seven
• Group of Eight
• Group of Ten
• Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
• Indian Ocean Commission
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• International Chamber of Commerce
• International Civil Aviation Organization
• International Criminal Court
• International Criminal Police Organization
• International Development Association
• International Energy Agency
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• International Finance Corporation
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
• International Hydrographic Organization
• International Labour Organization
• International Maritime Organization
• International Mobile Satellite Organization
• International Monetary Fund
• International Olympic Committee
• International Organization for Migration
• International Organization for Standardization
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• International Telecommunication Union
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
• International Trade Union Confederation
• Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Nuclear Energy Agency
• Nuclear Suppliers Group
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• Organization of American States
• Pacific Islands Forum
• Paris Club
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
• Schengen Convention
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community
• Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
• Union Latine
• United Nations
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• United Nations Mission in Liberia
• United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
• United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
• United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
• United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• United Nations Security Council
• United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
• Universal Postal Union
• West African Development Bank
• Western European Union
• World Confederation of Labour
• World Customs Organization
• World Federation of Trade Unions
• World Health Organization
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• World Meteorological Organization
• World Organization of the Scout Movement
• World Tourism Organization
• World Trade Organization
• World Veterans Federation
• Zangger Committee

  Law of France

• Adoption in France
• Cannabis in France
• Capital punishment in France
• Census in France
• Constitution of France
• Crime in France
• * Polygamy in France
• Law enforcement in France
• * National law enforcement agencies
• ** National Police
• ** National Gendarmerie
• *** Mobile Gendarmerie
• * Local law enforcement agencies
• ** Police municipale - may be maintained by local governments, but have very limited law enforcement powers outside of traffic issues and local ordinance enforcement
• ** Garde champetre or Police Rurale - may be formed by Rural communes, and are responsible for limited local patrol and protecting the environment
• ** Équipes régionales d’intervention et de sécurité - are operated by The Department of Corrections
• ** In Wallis and Futuna, there is a territorial guard as well as royal police.
• Human rights in France
• * Abortion in France
• * Censorship in France
• * Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
• * Gambling in France
• * LGBT rights in France
• * Prostitution in France
• * Smoking in France

  Historical law

• Napoleonic code

  Military of France

• Command
• * Commander-in-chief:
• ** Ministry of Defence of France
• French Armed Forces
• * French Army '
• ** French Foreign Legion
• ** Ranks in the French Army
• * French Navy '
• ** Ranks in the French Navy
• * French Air Force '
• * National Gendarmerie '
• Military history of France

  History of France

General topics

• Territorial formation of France
• Historical French provinces
• Cultural history of France
• * Art history of France
• * Literary history of France
• Colonial history of France
• Demographics of France
• Economic history of France
• Historical positions and figures
• * Prime Ministers of France
• * Constable of France
• Military history of France
• * Military history of France during World War II

By period

Culture of France

• Architecture of France
• *French Baroque architecture
• *French Colonial
• *French Gothic architecture
• *French Renaissance architecture
• *French Restoration style
• *French Romanesque architecture
• Art in France
• *Museums in France
• * Literature of France
• ** French novelists
• * Music of France
• ** French rock
• * Theatre in France
• ** French playwrights
• Cuisine of France
• Cultural icons of France
• Languages of France
• Media in France
• * Cinema of France
• * Television in France
• Mythology in France
• National symbols of France
• * Coat of arms of France
• * Flag of France
• * National anthem of France
• People of France
• * Ethnic minorities in France
• ** Armenians in France
• ** Chinese diaspora in France
• ** Koreans in France
• ** Turks in France
• Public holidays in France
• Racism in France
• Scouting and Guiding in France
• World Heritage Sites in France

  Religion and belief systems in France

• Belief systems
• * Humanism in France
• * Irreligion and atheism in France
• Religion in France
• * Freedom of religion in France
• * Religions in France
• ** Buddhism in France
• ** Christianity in France
• *** Eastern Orthodoxy in France
• *** Oriental Orthodoxy in France
• *** Protestantism in France
• *** Roman Catholicism in France
• ** Hinduism in France
• ** Islam in France
• ** Judaism in France
• ** Scientology in France
• ** Sikhism in France

  Sports in France

• Fédération Française de Basket-Ball
• Football in France
• France at the Olympics: the modern Olympics were invented in France, in 1894
• Grand Prix de France
• French Open
• Open de France
• Pétanque
• Parkour
• Rugby in France:
• * Rugby union in France
• * Rugby League in France
• Tour de France
• Alps Tour
• France national handball team

  Economy and infrastructure of France

• Economic rank
• * Nominal GDP: 6th
• * GDP : 8th
• Agriculture in France
• Banking in France
• Communications in France
• * Newspapers in France
• * Radio in France
• * Telecommunications in France
• ** Internet in France
• ** Television in France
• Companies of France
• Currency of France: Euro
• *ISO 4217: EUR
• Economic history of France
• Energy in France
• * Nuclear power in France
• * Renewable energy in France
• Health care in France
• * Emergency medical services in France
• Poverty in France
• Tourism in France
• * Eiffel Tower
• Transport in France
• * Airports in France
• * Highway system of France
• * Rail transport in France
• ** Trams in France
• Water supply and sanitation in France

  Education in France

• Primary education
• Secondary education
• * Collèges - cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15
• * Lycées - provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between the ages of 15 and 18, during which pupils are prepared for the baccalauréat.
• Higher education
• * Colleges and universities in France
• ** Public universities of France
• * Grandes écoles

  Health in France

• Hospitals in France
• Obesity in France