French Third Republic

French Republic République française
1870–1940
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité ("Liberty, equality, fraternity")
Anthem: La Marseillaise ("The Marseillaise")
Great Seal of France:
The French Republic in 1914   France   French protectorates
Territories and colonies of the French Republic at the end of 1939 Dark blue: Metropolitan territory Light blue: Colonies, mandates, and protectorates
Capital	Paris
Common languages	French (official), several others
Religion	Roman Catholicism Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
President
• 1871–1873 (first)	Adolphe Thiers
• 1932–1940 (last)	Albert Lebrun
President of the Council of Ministers
• 1870–1871 (first)	Louis Jules Trochu
• 1940 (last)	Philippe Pétain
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
History
• Proclamation by Leon Gambetta	4 September 1870
• Vichy France established	10 July 1940
Population
• 1870	36,100,000
Currency	French Franc
Preceded by Succeeded by Second French Empire Vichy France Free France German military administration Italian military administration
Today part of	France Algeria

The French Third Republic (French: La Troisième République, sometimes written as La III^e République) was the system of government created in France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 after France's defeat by Nazi Germany in World War II led to the creation of the Vichy government in France.