Talk:France

Land area

A non-member wrote me to say he questioned the land area figure. Could someone please look into that? --Larry Sanger 08:37, 30 September 2007 (CDT)

CIA World Factbook says:

• total: 643,427 sq km; 547,030 sq km (metropolitan France)
• land: 640,053 sq km; 545,630 sq km (metropolitan France)
• water: 3,374 sq km; 1,400 sq km (metropolitan France)
• note: the first numbers include the overseas regions of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion. --Robert W King 08:40, 30 September 2007 (CDT)

My old books say 547026 my new books say 543,965. German wikipedia and English wikipedia agree with the latter figure the French wikipedia has another figure. :-( Alexander Wiebel 09:02, 5 January 2008 (CST)

French History

I'm tempted to write something about the origins of Frances third Republic, but am unsure if this should go in the history section of this article (Seeing as there is currently nothing there) or in a seperate History of France article? Help, advice? Denis Cavanagh 16:17, 10 November 2007 (CST)

My guess would be to do... whatever. Just write. We'll find a place :) The right place may depend on the content. You may also see Poland as an example. Aleksander Stos 16:23, 10 November 2007 (CST)

I'd do both. Put a short history in this article, a longer explanation in the French history article. Additionally, you could do a detailed article at the French third republic or at least you could start something and other people will eventually fill it out further. Derek Harkness 00:14, 11 November 2007 (CST)