French Union
French Union Union française (French) | |||||||||
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| 1946–1958 | |||||||||
| Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "Liberty, equality, fraternity" | |||||||||
| Anthem: "La Marseillaise" | |||||||||
Metropolitan France and overseas departments
Overseas territories
Associated territories
Associated states (obtained independence before 1958) | |||||||||
| Capital | Paris | ||||||||
| Common languages | French | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
| 27 October 1946 | |||||||||
| 19 December 1946 | |||||||||
| 29 March 1947 | |||||||||
| 29 July 1950 - 27 July 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 November 1954 | |||||||||
• De facto end of French India | 1 November 1954 | ||||||||
| 15 May 1955 | |||||||||
| 22 May 1955 | |||||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||
| 27 October 1956 | |||||||||
| 29 October – 7 November 1956 | |||||||||
• Fifth Republic; replacement by French Community | 4 October 1958 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1946 | 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1946 | 300,000,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | |||||||||
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The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français). It was de jure the end of the "indigenous" (indigène) status of French subjects in colonial areas. It was dissolved in 1958, after the downfall of the Fourth Republic.