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What is the age of civil majority in France?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 120
Quel est l'âge de la majorité civile en France ?
What is the age of civil majority in France?
Answer. 18 years old.
18 ans.
At 18, a person becomes an adult. They can then exercise their rights on their own, for example signing a contract, getting married or voting.
The official text that proves it
« La majorité est fixée à dix-huit ans accomplis ; à cet âge, chacun est capable d'exercer les droits dont il a la jouissance. »
Majority is set at eighteen full years of age, at this age, everyone is capable of exercising the rights they hold.
In French, with its English meaning.
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