French Union
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Key facts
- Capital
- Paris
- Common languages
- French
- Historical era
- Cold War
- Fourth republic
- 27 October 1946
- First indochina war
- 19 December 1946
- Malagasy uprising
- 29 March 1947
- French intervention in korea
- 29 July 1950 - 27 July 1953
- Algerian war
- 1 November 1954
- De facto end of french india
- 1 November 1954
- Austrian state treaty
- 15 May 1955
- Cameroon war
- 22 May 1955
- Saar treaty
- 27 October 1956
- Suez crisis
- 29 October – 7 November 1956
- Fifth republic replacement by french com
- 4 October 1958
- Currency
- French franc CFA franc CFP franc French Indochinese piastre
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative territorial entity
- Has part
- French West Africa
- Currency
- French franc
- Anthem
- La Marseillaise
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- inception
- 1946-10-27
- replaced by
- French Community
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1958-09-28
- topic's main category
- Category:French Union
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Encyclopedic overview
The French Union (French: Union française) was a extension of the French Fourth Republic to former colonies, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français), created by the French Fourth Republic. It was 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.
Composition
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