French Union

French Union
Union française (French)
1946–1958
Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"
"Liberty, equality, fraternity"
Anthem: "La Marseillaise"
  Metropolitan France and overseas departments
  Overseas territories
  Trust territories
  Associated states
CapitalParis
Common languagesFrench
Historical eraCold War
27 October 1946
1948
• Cambodian withdrawal
25 September 1955
• South Vietnamese withdrawal
9 December 1955
• Independence of Morocco and Tunisia
1956
• Laotian withdrawal
11 May 1957
13–29 May 1958
• Fifth Republic; replacement by French Community
5 October 1958
Area
195813,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1958
300,000,000
Currency
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Provisional Government of the French Republic
French colonial empire
French Community
Kingdom of Laos
State of Vietnam
North Vietnam
Kingdom of Cambodia
French Guinea
French Fifth Republic

The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français). It was de jure the end of the "indigenous" (indigène) status of French subjects in colonial areas.