Last Updated on February 20, 2023
Official Language: French
Population: 67.4 million
Capital: Paris
Currency: Euro (€) (EUR)
Major Industries: Fashion, aerospace, wine, food, train, technology and agriculture
France is a transcontinental country spanning Western Europe and overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
User Groups
| Location | Linux User Group |
|---|---|
| Auchy-lès-Hesdin | Linux62 offers internet support, external events including install fetes, computer shows, and fairs. |
| Calais | Club LinuX is the Club LinuX Nord-Pas de Calais. |
| Lyon | ALDIL has the goal to promote free software, and offer mutual aid and support for their users in the Lyon region. |
| Marseille | PLUG is the Provence Linux User Group which meets monthly. |
| Mérignac | ABUL is the Bordeaux Association of Free Software Users. |
| Metz | Graoulug offers meetings with presentations, courses, installations and presentations of free software. |
| Nantes | Linux Nantes meet bi-monthly to help members install Linux, solve problems, and select a suitable distro. |
| Nice | Linux Azur aims to promote Linux and Free Software on the Côte d'Azur. |
| Paris | Parinux was founded in 1999. The association has around fifty members who lead conferences, workshops, stands at trade fairs, and free software discovery days in Paris and the inner suburbs. |
| Paris | April has 2,760 members (2,458 individuals, 302 companies, associations and organizations). |
| Paris | 1ERSAMEDI meet on the first Saturday every month for an install part of Linux distros, as well as workshops and conferences. |
| Quetigny | COAGUL is the Linux User Group of Dijon. It focuses around Côte d'Or but extends to Burgundy. |
| Ramonville | CULTe Club of Free Software and Linux Users of Toulouse and the surrounding area intends to promote the use of Linux and Free Software in the Toulouse region. |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay | SOLIX offers themed workshops for its members. |
| Strasbourg | LUG de Strasbourg is for Linux and free software users in the Strasbourg region. |
| Tholonet | AXUL is the Pays d'Aix association of Linux and Free Software users. |
| Versailles | Root66 is an association for the promotion of free software in Yvelines. |
| Veynes | Linux Alpes is the group of Free Software Users of the Alpes de Haute Provence and the Hautes Alpes. |
| - | AFUL aims to promote free software, in particular operating systems (like Linux or free BSD systems), and helps to spread open standards. |
France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 if we include its claim in Antarctica).