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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="الإمبراطورية الاستعمارية الفرنسية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الإمبراطورية الاستعمارية الفرنسية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperiu_colonial_franc%C3%A9s" title="Imperiu colonial francés – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Imperiu colonial francés" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransa_m%C3%BCst%C9%99ml%C9%99k%C9%99_imperiyas%C4%B1" title="Fransa müstəmləkə imperiyası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Fransa müstəmləkə imperiyası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%87_%D8%B3%D8%A4%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%87_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%88" title="فرانسه سؤمورگه ایمپراتورلوغو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="فرانسه سؤمورگه ایمپراتورلوغو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%83%D0%B7_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D2%BB%D1%8B" title="Француз колониаль империяһы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Француз колониаль империяһы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Калоніі Францыі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Калоніі Францыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Френска колониална империя – Bulgairien" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Френска колониална империя" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgairien" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%94%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF" title="ফরাসি ঔপনিবেশিক সাম্রাজ্য – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফরাসি ঔপনিবেশিক সাম্রাজ্য" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impalaeriezh_trevadennel_Fra%C3%B1s" title="Impalaeriezh trevadennel Frañs – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Impalaeriezh trevadennel Frañs" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperi_colonial_franc%C3%A8s" title="Imperi colonial francès – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Imperi colonial francès" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francouzsk%C3%A1_koloni%C3%A1ln%C3%AD_%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%A1e" title="Francouzská koloniální říše – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Francouzská koloniální říše" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franske_koloniimperium" title="Franske koloniimperium – Dens" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Franske koloniimperium" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Dens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%C3%B6sische_Kolonien" title="Französische Kolonien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Französische Kolonien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Γαλλική αποικιακή αυτοκρατορία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γαλλική αποικιακή αυτοκρατορία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire – Inglis" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="French colonial empire" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="Inglis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_kolonia_imperio" title="Franca kolonia imperio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Franca kolonia imperio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperio_colonial_franc%C3%A9s" title="Imperio colonial francés – Spainish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Imperio colonial francés" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spainish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantziar_Inperio_Koloniala" title="Frantziar Inperio Koloniala – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Frantziar Inperio Koloniala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%87" title="امپراتوری استعماری فرانسه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="امپراتوری استعماری فرانسه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranskan_siirtomaat" title="Ranskan siirtomaat – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ranskan siirtomaat" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_colonial_fran%C3%A7ais" title="Empire colonial français – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Empire colonial français" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperio_colonial_franc%C3%A9s" title="Imperio colonial francés – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Imperio colonial francés" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA" title="האימפריה הקולוניאלית הצרפתית – Ebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האימפריה הקולוניאלית הצרפתית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Ebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="फ़्रांसीसी औपनिवेशिक साम्राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="फ़्रांसीसी औपनिवेशिक साम्राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francusko_carstvo" title="Francusko carstvo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Francusko carstvo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francia_gyarmatbirodalom" title="Francia gyarmatbirodalom – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Francia gyarmatbirodalom" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%BD%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Ֆրանսիական գաղութային կայսրություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրանսիական գաղութային կայսրություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperium_kolonial_Prancis" title="Imperium kolonial Prancis – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Imperium kolonial Prancis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franska_n%C3%BDlenduveldi%C3%B0" title="Franska nýlenduveldið – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Franska nýlenduveldið" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impero_coloniale_francese" title="Impero coloniale francese – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Impero coloniale francese" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E6%A4%8D%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%B0%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD" title="フランス植民地帝国 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フランス植民地帝国" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%85%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%A2%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%8E%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%82%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B6%E1%9F%86%E1%9E%84" title="ចក្រភពអាណានិគមបារាំង – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ចក្រភពអាណានិគមបារាំង" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%EC%8A%A4_%EC%8B%9D%EB%AF%BC%EC%A0%9C%EA%B5%AD" title="프랑스 식민제국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프랑스 식민제국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperium_Franciae_transmarinum" title="Imperium Franciae transmarinum – Laitin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Imperium Franciae transmarinum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Laitin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranc%C5%ABzijos_kolonijin%C4%97_imperija" title="Prancūzijos kolonijinė imperija – Lithuanie" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Prancūzijos kolonijinė imperija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanie" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francijas_koloni%C4%81l%C4%81_imp%C4%93rija" title="Francijas koloniālā impērija – Letts" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Francijas koloniālā impērija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Letts" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empira_Mpanjanaka_Frantsay" title="Empira Mpanjanaka Frantsay – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Empira Mpanjanaka Frantsay" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Француско Колонијално Царство – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Француско Колонијално Царство" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="फ्रेंच वसाहती साम्राज्य – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="फ्रेंच वसाहती साम्राज्य" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franse_koloniale_rijk" title="Franse koloniale rijk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Franse koloniale rijk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_franske_koloniriket" title="Det franske koloniriket – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det franske koloniriket" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_franske_koloniriket" title="Det franske koloniriket – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Det franske koloniriket" data-language-autonym="Norsk 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%AA" title="فرانسیسی استعماری سلطنت – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="فرانسیسی استعماری سلطنت" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imp%C3%A9rio_colonial_franc%C3%AAs" title="Império colonial francês – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Império colonial francês" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc%C3%BAzska_koloni%C3%A1lna_r%C3%AD%C5%A1a" title="Francúzska koloniálna ríša – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Francúzska koloniálna ríša" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francusko_kolonijalno_carstvo" title="Francusko kolonijalno carstvo – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Francusko kolonijalno carstvo" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franska_kolonialimperiet" title="Franska kolonialimperiet – Swaidish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Franska kolonialimperiet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swaidish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloni_za_Ufaransa" title="Koloni za Ufaransa – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Koloni za Ufaransa" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81" title="பிரெஞ்சு காலனிப் பேரரசு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிரெஞ்சு காலனிப் பேரரசு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th 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style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Unthirldom o <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a> </div></th><td>1980<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left;">Aurie</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row">1680 (first colonial empire peak)<sup id="cite_ref-Taagepera501_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taagepera501-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td>10,000,000 km<sup>2</sup> (3,900,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row">1939 (seicont colonial empire peak)<sup id="cite_ref-Taagepera502_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taagepera502-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td>13,500,000 km<sup>2</sup> (5,200,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row">1534-1980</th><td>24,000,000 km<sup>2</sup> (9,300,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Currency</th><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_Franc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="French Franc (page disna exeest)">Franc</a> an various ither currencies</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"> <table style="width:95%; background: transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeedit bi</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; background:transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Owerseas_Fraunce" title="Owerseas Fraunce">Owerseas Fraunce</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/20px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/30px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>French colonial empire</b> constitutit the 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