|الاسم_المحلي= Empire Français <br/>الإمبراطورية الفرنسية الأولى
|conventional_long_name = ''Empire Français''<br/>French Empire<fontspan sizestyle="font-size: 1;"><ref name="FRANC">But still domestically styled as ''French Republic'' until 1808: compare the French franc minted in 1808 [http://www.lesfrancs.com/francais/1f1808rh.jpg] and in 1809 [http://www.lesfrancs.com/francais/1f1809rh.jpg], as well as Article 1 of the [http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/la-constitution/les-constitutions-de-la-france/constitution-de-l-an-xii-empire-28-floreal-an-xii.5090.html Constitution of the Year XII], which reads in English ''"The Government of the'' Republic ''is vested in an Emperor, who takes the title of Emperor of the French."''</ref><ref name="gallica.bnf.fr">[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4453562.image.f1.langFR The official bulletin of laws of the French Empire]</ref></fontspan>
