French colonial empire
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| French Colonial Empire Empire colonial français |
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| Capital | Paris | |||
| Political structure | Empire | |||
| History | ||||
| - Established | 1534 | |||
| - Cartier planted the French flag at Gaspé Bay | 24 July 1534 | |||
| - Louisiana Purchase by Napoleon Bonaparte | 30 April 1803 | |||
| - Independence of Vanuatu | 30 July 1980 | |||
| - Disestablished | 1946 | |||
| Area | 12,347,000 km2 (4,767,203 sq mi) | |||
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The French colonial Empire was land under French rule from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. Because it was so big, many people now speak French.
