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Do all French citizens have a religion?

An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.

Naturalisation no. 105

Tous les citoyens français ont-ils une religion ?

Do all French citizens have a religion?

Answer. No. Everyone is free to believe or not believe in a religion.

Non. Chacun est libre de croire ou de ne pas croire en une religion.

In France, secularism protects freedom of conscience. A person can have a religion, change it, or have none, and the State does not impose any.

The official text that proves it

« La laïcité garantit la liberté de conscience et protège la liberté de croire ou de ne pas croire en une religion. »

Secularism guarantees freedom of conscience and protects the freedom to believe or not believe in a religion.

In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet

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