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Place nameFrance
Other namesRépublique français, République Française, French Republic, Francia, Frankreich, Frankrijk, França, FRA, FR, ISO250, FR00, Gaule, Gaul, Gallia, French
Latitude46
Longitude2
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Area inhabited by Lower Paleolithic; Celt-speaking Gauls dominated by 5th century BCE; part of Roman Empire 125 BCE-5th century, then under Frankish influence; lost land to England 12-16th centuries; monarchy fell in Revolution 1792; recurring expansion 16-19th centuries; official language is French, though Provençal, Breton, Flemish, Catalan, Corsican, Basque, and Germanic regional patois are also spoken.
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