Description: Bank Of France (1950) Unissued / unused material. The Bank of France, Paris. Back view man walking down stairs to door of vault. Back view man fitting ke
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The Banque de France , headquartered in Paris , is the central bank of France ; it is linked to the European Central Bank (ECB). Founded in 1800, it helped resolve the financial crisis of 1848 and emerged as a powerful central bank. Its main charge is to implement the interest rate policy of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).
In 1800, financial power in France was in the hands of about ten to fifteen banking houses whose founders, in most cases, came from Switzerland in the second half of the eighteenth century. These bankers, mostly Protestant, were deeply involved in the agitations leading up to the French Revolution . When the revolutionary violence got out of hand, they orchestrated the rise of Napoleon , whom they regarded as the restorer of order. As a reward for their support, Napoleon, in 1800, gave the bankers a monopol
France ( French : [fʁɑ̃s] ) , officially the French Republic ( French : République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz] ), is a sovereign state comprising territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European part of France, called metropolitan France , extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . France spans 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and has a total population of 66.6 million. It is a