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This is NOT an empire. It was a republic in 1790-11804, 1848-1852, and after 1870. It was only an empire in 1804-1815 and in 1852-1870, both positions created by Napoleon I and Napoleon III. Before 1790 and from 1815-1840, it was a kingdom. Such uneducated people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monosodium23 (talk • contribs) 22:48, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Better educate yourself. The word "empire" doesn't necessarily refer to a country ruled by an emperor. This is one of the meanings of the word but neither the only nor the commonest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.70.71.22 (talk) 11:30, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, here the term "empire" is referring to imperialism and not to a specific political system nor to the official name of the French state. Sandtalon (talk) 02:33, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Has French Colonialism ended?

France occupies more timezones than any other country in the world due to its overseas holdings. It still retains part of South America, and has numerous islands scattered throughout the world. What's more is that it plays an incredibly active, and at times military role in its former African colonies, and also presides over their currency. This in many ways would appear to be the continuation of French Colonialism in a slightly altered form, not a post colonial reality. 176.168.180.249 (talk) 08:55, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, but the French Colonial Empire as an entity ended in 1946 Kanto7 (talk) 22:35, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Changing the date of the end of the empire from 1980 to 1962

The issue of placing an exact end to the French Colonial Empire has been raised before, but the last time I believe was in 2015, according to the archive.

I dispute the idea that the independence of Vanatau is considered the end of the French Empire- for one, Vanuatu is a small island country, and France has current overseas holdings which are larger in both size and population, such as French Guiana and Martinique respectively. If losing Vanuatu means losing a part of their "empire," then the French Empire still exists. According to the Algerian War article, the French Colonial Empire ended after 1962, which makes a lot more sense to me, since Algeria was a huge part of France and one indisputably a colony of France.

I'll come back here with sources that aim to answer the question of when did the empire end exactly, but for now I propose to change the date to the Independence of Algeria.

HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 17:54, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Area

@ព្រះមហាក្សត្ររាជ: As you say, INSEE is a WP:Primary source. Wikipedia prefers WP:Secondary sources. This is a peer-reviewed scientific article specifically about the territorial extents of historical polities. That's just about the highest-quality source you're going to find for the area of a historical polity. We should use the latter, not the former, per WP:BESTSOURCES. TompaDompa (talk) 20:46, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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