what is the official currency in france?
CFP franc Euro
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 The franc , for currency 

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 The national French standard until 1799 was based on a famous artefact called the Pile de Charlemagne , which probably dates back to the second half of the 15th century . It is an elaborate set of nesting weight pieces , with a total metric weight of 12 @.@ 238 kg . The set is now shown in the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris . The total nominal value of the set is 50 marcs de Troyes or marcs de Paris , a mark being 8 ounces . The ounce poids de marc had therefore a metric equivalent of 30 @.@ 59 g . The poids de marc was used as a national French standard for trading , for gold , silver and jewels , and for weighing medicine . It was also used in international communications between scientists . In the time before the French Revolution , the civil pound also played the role of the apothecaries ' pound in the French apothecaries ' system , which otherwise remained a standard system of the Romance ( 24 grains per scruple ) type . 

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 Outside the eurozone , a total of 22 countries and territories that do not belong to the EU have currencies that are directly pegged to the euro including 13 countries in mainland Africa ( CFA franc ) , two African island countries ( Comorian franc and Cape Verdean escudo ) , three French Pacific territories ( CFP franc ) and three Balkan countries , Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark ) , Bulgaria ( Bulgarian lev ) and Macedonia ( Macedonian denar ) . On 28 July 2009 , São Tomé and Príncipe signed an agreement with Portugal which will eventually tie its currency to the euro . Additionally , the Moroccan dirham is tied to a basket of currencies , including the Euro and the US dollar , with the Euro given the highest weighting . 

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 The euro ( sign : € ; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans as of 2015 . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . 

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 France views the Covenant as subservient to the UN Charter . It also reserves the right to govern the access of aliens to employment , social security , and other benefits . 
