French colonial empire
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The French colonial empire constitutit the owerseas colonies, pertectorates an mandate territories that came unner French rule frae the 16t century onwart.
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French colonial empire Empire colonial français | |||||||
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1534–1980[1][2] | |||||||
French colonial empire | |||||||
Status | French colonial empire | ||||||
Caipital | Paris | ||||||
• Upper house | Bourbon Bonaparte | ||||||
History | |||||||
1534 | |||||||
• Sale o Louisiana | 1803 | ||||||
• Conquest o Algerie | 1830–1852 | ||||||
• French Union | 1946 | ||||||
• French Commonty | 1958 | ||||||
• Unthirldom o Vanuatu | 1980[3][4] | ||||||
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1680 (first colonial empire peak)[5] | 10,000,000 km2 (3,900,000 sq mi) | ||||||
1939 (seicont colonial empire peak)[6] | 13,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi) | ||||||
1534-1980 | 24,000,000 km2 (9,300,000 sq mi) | ||||||
Currency | Franc an various ither currencies | ||||||
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