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franc

name of several currency units
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franc

Summary

franc ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,453 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • franc is a type of currency[2].
  • franc's Commons category is recorded as Franc[3].
  • franc's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Franc[4].
  • franc's Commons gallery is recorded as Franc[5].
  • franc's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • franc's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • franc's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • franc's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • franc's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition[10].
  • franc's different from is recorded as Franc[11].
  • franc's different from is recorded as Franks[12].

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Definition and Type

franc is a type of currency[2].

Why It Matters

franc ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,453 views/month).[1] franc has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Burundian franc Central African CFA franc CFP Franc Comorian franc Congolese franc currency Djiboutian franc Monegasque franc Rwandan franc Swiss franc West African CFA franc

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → currency
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Franc, Franks
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P373]]: Francs"
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