France

Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian), Indochinese, Basque minorities

note: <strong>note:</strong> overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Indigenous

number of languages: 1

Languages: French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Proven&ccedil;al, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard)

Major-language sample(s): <br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

Note: <strong>note:</strong> overseas departments - French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)

Roman Catholic 47%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, Buddhist 2%, Orthodox 1%, Jewish 1%, other 1%, none 33%, unspecified 9% (2021 est.)

note: <strong>note:</strong> France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political,