Template:Country data France

This is the documentation for Template:Country data France. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

Template:Country data France is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others. For a more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template.

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Contents 1 Standard parameters 2 Flag variants 3 Naval ensign 4 Redirect aliases 4.1 Usage 4.2 Implementation 4.3 Related templates 4.4 See also 5 Example usage 5.1 Usage 5.2 Implementation 5.3 Related templates 5.4 See also 6 Related templates

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	France	Main article name (France)
flag alias	Flag of France.svg	Image name (Image:Flag of France.svg, shown above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
ancient	File:Flag of France (XII-XIII).svg	Flag of France (XII-XIII).svg
modern	File:Flag of France (XIV-XVI).svg	Flag of France (XIV-XVI).svg
royal	File:Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of France.svg	Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of France.svg
restauration	File:Pavillon royal de France.svg	Pavillon royal de France.svg
free	File:Flag of Free France 1940-1944.svg	Flag of Free France 1940-1944.svg
vichy	File:VichyFlag.svg	VichyFlag.svg
naval	File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg	Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg

Naval ensign

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{navy|France}} → Template:Navy
• {{flagicon|France|naval}} → File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flagcountry|alias}} output
FRA (view)	Template:Country data FRA	Template:Country data FRA Template:Documentation subpage This template displays the flag and the name of a country, linked to the main article of that country (flag + country). Usage Country (mandatory) Parameter 1 identifies the country by name or three-letter code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3) Name example: {{flagcountry|France}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry Country code example: {{flagcountry|FRA}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry Variant flag image (optional) Parameter 2 is used to display a different version of the flag. Example: {{flagcountry|France|free}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry. In this example, the historical flag for Free France (1940-1945) is identified by the second parameter of "free". The list of flag variants is specific for each country. Link text (optional) Use the name= parameter to change the link text. Example: {{flagcountry|France|name=C'est la France}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry Size (optional) Use the size= parameter to change the size from the default. Example: {{flagcountry|France|size=40px}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry. Implementation This template uses the data templates listed under category:country data templates, which contain the data what to display (Example: template:country data France) and the formatter template:country flagcountry2, which contains the logic how to display the country data. {{flagcountry|France}} = Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry — uses template:country data France {{flagcountry|FRA}} = Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry — uses template:country data FRA, which is a redirect to template:country data France Related templates template:flagicon — to display the flag alone {{flagicon|France}} = {{flagicon|FRA}} = Template:Country data FRA template:flag — similar to flagcountry, but uses the input parameter as the display text for the link {{flag|France}} =  France {{flag|FRA}} = Template:Country data FRA See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template

Example usage

• {{flag|France}} →  France
• {{flagicon|France}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|France|ancient}} → File:Flag of France (XII-XIII).svg France
• {{flagicon|France|ancient}} → File:Flag of France (XII-XIII).svg

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|FRA}} → Template:Country data FRA
• {{flagcountry|FRA}} → Template:Country data FRA

Template:Documentation subpage

This template displays the flag and the name of a country, linked to the main article of that country (flag + country).

Usage

Country (mandatory)

Parameter 1 identifies the country by name or three-letter code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)

Name example: {{flagcountry|France}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry

Country code example: {{flagcountry|FRA}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry

Variant flag image (optional)

Parameter 2 is used to display a different version of the flag.

Example: {{flagcountry|France|free}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry. In this example, the historical flag for Free France (1940-1945) is identified by the second parameter of "free". The list of flag variants is specific for each country.

Link text (optional)

Use the name= parameter to change the link text.

Example: {{flagcountry|France|name=C'est la France}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry

Size (optional)

Use the size= parameter to change the size from the default.

Example: {{flagcountry|France|size=40px}} → Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry.

Implementation

This template uses the data templates listed under category:country data templates, which contain the data what to display (Example: template:country data France) and the formatter template:country flagcountry2, which contains the logic how to display the country data.

• {{flagcountry|France}} = Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry — uses template:country data France
• {{flagcountry|FRA}} = Template loop detected: Template:Flagcountry — uses template:country data FRA, which is a redirect to template:country data France

Related templates

• template:flagicon — to display the flag alone
  • {{flagicon|France}} =
  • {{flagicon|FRA}} = Template:Country data FRA
• template:flag — similar to flagcountry, but uses the input parameter as the display text for the link
  • {{flag|France}} =  France
  • {{flag|FRA}} = Template:Country data FRA

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template
• {{flag|FRA}} → Template:Country data FRA

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Free FrenchTemplate:Country data Free French