French Union

French Union Union française (French)
1946–1958
Flag Emblem
Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "Liberty, equality, fraternity"
Anthem: "La Marseillaise"
Metropolitan France and overseas departments   Overseas territories   Trust territories   Associated states
Capital	Paris
Common languages	French
Historical era	Cold War
• Fourth Republic	27 October 1946
• Western Union	1948
• Cambodian withdrawal	25 September 1955
• South Vietnamese withdrawal	9 December 1955
• Independence of Morocco and Tunisia	1956
• Laotian withdrawal	11 May 1957
• May Crisis	13–29 May 1958
• Fifth Republic; replacement by French Community	5 October 1958
Area
1958	13,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1958	300,000,000
Currency	French franc CFA franc CFP franc French Indochinese piastre
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.