French Republic

République française
CapitalParis
Common languagesFrench (official), several others
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Calvinism
Lutheranism
Judaism
(4 September 1870—9 December 1905; applied to Alsace-Lorraine from December 5, 1918 to 10 July 1940)
Secular state
(9 December 1905—10 July 1940; excluding Alsace-Lorraine)
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary republic
President
• 1871–1873
Adolphe Thiers (first)
• 1932–1940
Albert Lebrun (last)
President of the Council of Ministers
• 1870–1871
Louis Jules Trochu
• 1940
Philippe Pétain
LegislatureParliament
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
Chamber of Deputies
History
• Proclamation by Leon Gambetta
4 September 1870
• Vichy France established
10 July 1940