France: flag, capital & map
Get to know France, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Paris
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Western Europe
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 68,720,337
- Area
- 543,908 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- French
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Euro (EUR)
- Land neighbours
- Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland
Paris is France’s capital. The tricolor’s vertical bands run blue, white, then red from the flagpole.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of France
The flag of France is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, white and red.
Where it is
France is grouped in Western Europe, within Roam’s Europe region. Its land-border list includes 8 countries in this atlas: Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
France has a recorded area of 543,908 square kilometres. Among the 8 countries assigned to Western Europe in this dataset, it ranks 1 by area, from largest to smallest. Germany is immediately below it, at 357,114 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 68,720,337 people for France in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 126 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are French. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Euro (EUR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of France?
Reveal answer
Paris. Paris is France’s capital. The tricolor’s vertical bands run blue, white, then red from the flagpole.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of France?
Reveal answer
The flag of France is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, white and red.
Which land neighbours of France are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, and Switzerland. The source classifies France as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for France?
Reveal answer
French. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in France.
Which currency codes are listed for France?
Reveal answer
Euro (EUR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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