French Algeria (French: Alger to 1839, then Algérie afterwards; unofficially Algérie française, Arabic: الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria.French rule in the region began in 1830 with the invasion of Algiers and lasted until the end of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962.

The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français). ... Metropolitan France, which included French Algeria.

French (French: français, pronounced "Fronce-eh") is a Romance language that was first spoken in France.It is also spoken in Belgium (), Luxembourg, Quebec (), Switzerland (Romandy) and with many different countries in Africa (Francophone Africa). About 220 million people speak French as a native or a second language. It has also been one of the roots of other languages such as …