French colonial empire

set of territories that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s
Organization colonial_empire Q179023
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French colonial empire

Summary

French colonial empire is a colonial empire[1]. It draws 978 Wikipedia views per month (colonial_empire category, ranking #3 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • French colonial empire is in the country of France[3].
  • French colonial empire's continent is recorded as North America[4].
  • French colonial empire's continent is recorded as South America[5].
  • French colonial empire's continent is recorded as Africa[6].
  • French colonial empire's continent is recorded as Asia[7].
  • French colonial empire's continent is recorded as Europe[8].
  • French colonial empire's continent is recorded as Insular Oceania[9].
  • French colonial empire's instance of is recorded as colonial empire[10].
  • French colonial empire's instance of is recorded as historical country[11].
  • French colonial empire's capital is recorded as Paris[12].
  • French colonial empire's official language is recorded as French[13].
  • French colonial empire's currency is recorded as French franc[14].
  • French colonial empire's flag image is recorded as Royal Standard of the King of France.svg[15].
  • French colonial empire's anthem is recorded as La Marseillaise[16].
  • French colonial empire's coat of arms image is recorded as Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg[17].
  • French colonial empire's locator map image is recorded as French Empire 17th century-20th century.png[18].
  • French colonial empire's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85051201[19].
  • French colonial empire's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11934457h[20].
  • French colonial empire's subclass of is recorded as colony[21].
  • French colonial empire's Commons category is recorded as French colonial empire[22].
  • French colonial empire's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32373[23].
  • French colonial empire's has part is recorded as New France[24].
  • French colonial empire's has part is recorded as French Equatorial Africa[25].
  • French colonial empire's has part is recorded as Puducherry[26].
  • French colonial empire's has part is recorded as French colonization of Africa[27].

Body

Founding

+1534-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of French colonial empire[28].

Dissolution

French colonial empire was dissolved in +1980-01-01T00:00:00Z[29].

Why It Matters

French colonial empire draws 978 Wikipedia views per month (colonial_empire category, ranking #3 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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