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Explore the books, quotes, people, places, food and news of France. One country, every corner of ZakGT — gathered here so you never have to hunt.

Capital: ParisPopulation: ~68 millionFounded: Kingdom of the Franks (Treaty of Verdun, 843); French Republic (1792)Region: EuropeLanguages: frCurrency: Euro (EUR)

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Everything about France

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Classics, poetry, folklore & free-to-read texts of France

Quotes & Proverbs

Native wisdom, proverbs & famous words from France

Authors, leaders & cultural figures of France

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Provinces, must-see spots & travel tips for France

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Notable people from France

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

Military leader and Emperor of the French

He rose from Corsican obscurity to become Emperor of the French and one of history's most influential military and political figures.

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Novelist, poet and playwright

He is France's most celebrated Romantic writer, author of 'Les Misérables' and 'Notre-Dame de Paris'.

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Chemist and microbiologist

He created the process of pasteurisation and developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax, founding modern microbiology.

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Marie Skłodowska Curie

Physicist and chemist

She was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in different sciences and a pioneer of research on radioactivity.

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Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

Writer and Enlightenment philosopher

He was a leading Enlightenment thinker and satirist who championed free speech, tolerance and reason.

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Military leader and saint

She led French forces to a pivotal victory at Orléans during the Hundred Years' War and, executed at nineteen, became a national heroine and Catholic saint.

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Traditional France Wisdom

Proverbes français

Folk & Oral Tradition

The shared, author-less body of French proverbs carried by the people across generations.

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