France is the largest country (551,500 sq km for mainland France) in the European Union and larger than Spain, which is just slightly smaller (500,000 sq km).
For a few years under Napoleon, yes.
The First French Empire was the French empire present on the European continent during Napoleon's reign. This empire included conquered lands and satellite states. The following countries today that were a part of the First French Empire include: Andorra Austria Belgium Croatia France Germany Italy Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Poland Slovenia Spain Switzerland Vatican City The Second French Empire was a colonial French empire present during Napoleon III's reign. The following countries today were a part of the Second French Empire: Algeria Australia Cambodia Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Gabon India Madagascar Monaco Morocco Senegal Vietnam There is a broader term used known as the 'French Colonial Empire'. This was French empire that ultimately existed between 1534 and 1980. The Second French Empire is included in this colonial empire. The following countries today that were a part of the French Colonial Empire (not including ones mentioned previously) include: Bangladesh Benin Brazil Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Comoros Dominican Republic Egypt Guinea Haiti Israel Laos Lebanon Libya Mali Mauritania Mauritius Niger Portugal Republic of the Congo Somalia Sri Lanka Syria Tunisia Turkey United States Yemen
The current French territory plus : Belgium Holland the part of Germany which is located on the west of the Rhin Navarre and Basque Country (western boarder of Spain) And minus: the current French Alps A small part of the eastern boarder with Spain (south of the region Languedoc)
Belgium gained Independence
The current Republic of Haiti is in the western part of the island called La Española. La Española was first colonized by the spaniards, but they were installed mainly in the eastern part of the island (the current Dominican Republic). Taking advantage of this fact, some french buccaneers settled the western coast triggering the french reclamations over this part of La Española. In 1697, in the treaty of Ryswick that settled the Nine Year's war or Great Alliance War between France and a coalition of other europeans powers formed by Spain, England, the Holly Roman Empire and the United Provinces, the Kingdom of Spain ceded the west part of La Española to the French Kingdom. It would be a part of the Fench colonial empire until his independence in 1804.
french Spain
The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and part of Italy wereall part of the French Empire
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No, Vietnam was part of the French Empire.
In 1492 the Islamic Empire finally left Spain but i dont know when it began.
yes
Algeria was part of the French Empire from 1830 to 1962.
Spain was intent on preventing the French and English from intruding on their land. They began to expand their empire into Florida and New Mexico.
Yes it was acquired after WW1 and became part of the French Empire for awhile.
It was part of the Napoleonic Wars and lasted from 1807 to 1814 on the Iberian Peninsula and in Southern France between the French Empire and the forces of Spain, Portugal and the UK.
The city, Medina, was first to be a part of the Islamic empire. It had been there at Muhammad's death.
Spain was so an empire.
its philip the 2