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France's capital is Paris.

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France no official date of independence.
» 486 => Frankish tribes unified under Merovingian kingship
» 10 August 843 => Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire
» 14 July 1789 => French monarchy overthrown
» 22 September 1792 => First French Republic founded
» 4 October 1958 => Fifth French Republic established