# Euro notes and coins enter circulation (2002)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/2002-euro-notes-and-coins-enter-circulation
Location: France
Categories: main-event

The euro replaced the franc for everyday cash transactions. Within the broader Fifth Republic period, The 1958 Constitution created a stronger presidency and a durable Fifth Republic. Decolonization, European integration, social change, economic shocks and recurring debates over identity, secularism and the role of the state have shaped contemporary France. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Jacques Chirac (President of the French Republic). Euro notes and coins enter circulation mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Euro notes and coins enter circulation mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Jacques Chirac](https://history-france.com/rulers/jacques-chirac)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Euro notes and coins enter circulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Euro+notes+and+coins+enter+circulation&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Euro notes and coins enter circulation](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Euro+notes+and+coins+enter+circulation)
- [Élysée — Institutions of the Fifth Republic](https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-institutions)