Template:Country data France

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Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`France`	Main article name (France)
`flag alias`	`Flag of France.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of France.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1790`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of France (1790–1794).svg`
`1794`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg`
`1814`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg`
`1830`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg`
`1848a`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Drapeau france 1848.svg`
`1848b`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg`
`1974`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of France (lighter variant).svg`
`naval-1790`		`Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg`
`naval`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg`
`coast guard`	Error creating thumbnail:	`French Maritime Gendarmerie racing stripe.svg`
`navy`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg`
`air force`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of France.svg`
`army`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of France.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag\|alias}} output	{{flagcountry\|alias}} output
`FRA` (view)	Error creating thumbnail: FRA	Error creating thumbnail: France

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|France}} → Error creating thumbnail: France
{{flagicon|France}} → Error creating thumbnail:

Using a flag variant

{{flag|France|1790}} → Error creating thumbnail: France
{{flagicon|France|1790}} → Error creating thumbnail:

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|FRA}} → Error creating thumbnail:
{{flagcountry|FRA}} → Error creating thumbnail: France
{{flag|FRA}} → Error creating thumbnail: FRA

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|France}} → Error creating thumbnail: French Navy
{{flagicon|France|naval}} → Error creating thumbnail:

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|France}} → Error creating thumbnail: French Air and Space Force
{{flagicon|France|air force}} → Error creating thumbnail:

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|France}} → Error creating thumbnail: French Navy
{{flagicon|France|navy}} → Error creating thumbnail:

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|France}} → Error creating thumbnail: French Maritime Gendarmerie
{{flagicon|France|coast guard}} → Error creating thumbnail:

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|France}} → Error creating thumbnail: French Army
{{flagicon|France|army}} → Error creating thumbnail:

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for many of the administrative divisions of France:

Regions of France

Metropolitan France (13)

Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Error creating thumbnail: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Template:Country data Brittany	Error creating thumbnail: Brittany
Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Error creating thumbnail: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Template:Country data Centre-Val de Loire	Error creating thumbnail: Centre-Val de Loire
Template:Country data Corsica	Error creating thumbnail: Corsica
Template:Country data Grand Est	Error creating thumbnail: Grand Est
Template:Country data Hauts-de-France	Error creating thumbnail: Hauts-de-France
Template:Country data Île-de-France	Error creating thumbnail: Île-de-France
Template:Country data Normandy	Error creating thumbnail: Normandy
Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Error creating thumbnail: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Template:Country data Occitanie	Error creating thumbnail: Occitanie
Template:Country data Pays de la Loire	Error creating thumbnail: Pays de la Loire
Template:Country data Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Error creating thumbnail: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Pre-2016 regions (22)

Template:Country data Alsace	Error creating thumbnail: Alsace
Template:Country data Aquitaine	Error creating thumbnail: Aquitaine
Template:Country data Auvergne	Error creating thumbnail: Auvergne
Template:Country data Brittany	Error creating thumbnail: Brittany
Template:Country data Burgundy	Error creating thumbnail: Burgundy
Template:Country data Centre	Error creating thumbnail: Centre
Template:Country data Champagne-Ardenne	Error creating thumbnail: Champagne-Ardenne
Template:Country data Corsica	Error creating thumbnail: Corsica
Template:Country data Franche-Comté	Error creating thumbnail: Franche-Comté
Template:Country data Île-de-France	Error creating thumbnail: Île-de-France
Template:Country data Languedoc-Roussillon	Error creating thumbnail: Languedoc-Roussillon
Template:Country data Limousin	Error creating thumbnail: Limousin
Template:Country data Lorraine	Error creating thumbnail: Lorraine
Template:Country data Lower Normandy	Error creating thumbnail: Lower Normandy
Template:Country data Midi-Pyrénées	Error creating thumbnail: Midi-Pyrénées
Template:Country data Nord-Pas de Calais	Error creating thumbnail: Nord-Pas de Calais
Template:Country data Pays de la Loire	Error creating thumbnail: Pays de la Loire
Template:Country data Picardy	Error creating thumbnail: Picardy
Template:Country data Poitou-Charentes	Error creating thumbnail: Poitou-Charentes
Template:Country data Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Error creating thumbnail: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Template:Country data Rhône-Alpes	Error creating thumbnail: Rhône-Alpes
Template:Country data Upper Normandy	Error creating thumbnail: Upper Normandy

Overseas regions (5)

Template:Country data French Guiana	Error creating thumbnail: French Guiana	Error creating thumbnail: (`local` variant)
Template:Country data Guadeloupe	Error creating thumbnail: Guadeloupe	Error creating thumbnail: (`local` variant)
Template:Country data Martinique	Error creating thumbnail: Martinique	Error creating thumbnail: (`local` variant)
Template:Country data Mayotte	Error creating thumbnail: Mayotte	Error creating thumbnail: (`local` variant)
Template:Country data Réunion	Error creating thumbnail: Réunion	Error creating thumbnail: (`local` variant)

Other Overseas departments and territories of France

Template:Country data French Polynesia	Error creating thumbnail: French Polynesia
Template:Country data Saint Barthélemy	Error creating thumbnail: Saint Barthélemy	Error creating thumbnail: (`local` variant)
Template:Country data Saint Martin	Error creating thumbnail: Saint Martin
Template:Country data Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Error creating thumbnail: Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Error creating thumbnail: (`local` variant)
Template:Country data Wallis and Futuna	Error creating thumbnail: Wallis and Futuna	Error creating thumbnail: (`local` variant)
Template:Country data New Caledonia	Error creating thumbnail: New Caledonia
Template:Country data French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Error creating thumbnail: French Southern and Antarctic Lands

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