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:''This article is about the French national capital in general. For the current capital, see [[Paris]].''
 
The '''capital of France''' is [[Paris]].<ref>[httphttps://www.parisdigest.com/menusparis/whoareweparis-facts.htm Paris Digest], [http://www.parisdigest.com/information/facts.htm Facts]; retrieved 20112018-1108-3005.</ref> In the course of history, the national capital has been in many locations other than Paris.
 
==History==
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*[[Bourges]] (1422–1444) [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] was forced to flee from Paris.
*[[Tours]] (1444—1527) [[Louis XI of France|Louis XI]] made [[château de Plessis-lez-Tours]] his residence.
*Paris (1428—15881528—1588) [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] had established his court in Paris
*Tours (1589—1594) faction of parliamentarians, faithful to the king was sitting at Tours.
*Paris (1594—16821594—1661)
*Paris (1661-1682) Paris is the official capital, but Louis XIV disputed that Versalles will be the politic centre.
*[[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]] (1682–1715) In 1682, [[Louis XIV]] made Versailles his residence.
*Paris (1715–1722)
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*[[Vichy]] (1940-1944) The Parliament abolished the French Third Republic here and replaced it with the [[Vichy France|French State]].
*Paris (1944–present) With the liberation of Paris in 1944, [[Charles de Gaulle]] established the [[Provisional Government of the French Republic]], restoring Paris as the French capital.
 
*Paris (1944-present)
 
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