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Local Enough?

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Learn at your own pace, with an explanation after every answer. No score, no leaderboard – and not preparation for a citizenship test: just to know the country and your neighbours a little better.

State & history

En quelle année les pièces et les billets en euros ont-ils commencé à circuler en France ?

Translation: In which year did euro coins and banknotes start circulating in France?

  • A 1995
  • ✓ 2002
  • C 2008
  • ✕ 1999 Your answer

Not quite.

L'euro existait comme monnaie de compte dès 1999, mais les pièces et billets ont remplacé le franc le 1er janvier 2002.

The euro existed as an accounting currency from 1999, but coins and banknotes replaced the franc on 1 January 2002.

Source: Banque de France ; banque-france.fr (passage à l'euro)

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