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France adopted Euro as its currency in 1999. Before adopting Euro the French currency was French Francs. Euro is adopted by 18 of 28 member countries of European union.

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The French currency is the Euro. The former French currency, the French franc, was phased out in 2001 and the Euro (symbol €) replaced it entirely in 2002. An euro was worth 6.55957 francs at the time of the switch.

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The Euro (since 2001), before that it was the Franc.

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France are one of the founding members of the euro... They use euros

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