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The embassy is the oldest diplomatic mission of the United States. [2] Benjamin Franklin and some of the other Founding Fathers were the earliest U.S. ambassadors to France . [ 2 ] The chancery building is located at 2 Avenue Gabriel [ fr ] , on the northwest corner of the Place de la Concorde , in the 8th arrondissement of Paris .
The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with France since the American Revolution. Relations were upgraded to the higher rank of Ambassador in 1893. The diplomatic relationship has continued through France's two empires, three monarchies, and five republics. Since 2006 the ambassador to France has also served as the ambassador to ...
Denise Campbell Bauer (born January 30, 1964) [1] [failed verification] is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to France and Monaco from 2022 to 2025. Bauer served as Ambassador of the United States to Belgium from 2013 to 2017.
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U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
This article lists diplomatic missions resident in France. At present, the capital city of Paris hosts 162 embassies. Major cities such as Lyon, Marseille, and Strasbourg are host to consulates and consulates-general.
Americans in France consists of immigrants and expatriates from the United States as well as French people of American ancestry. Immigration to France from the United States dates back to the 19th century and according to the American embassy in Paris, as of 2015, there are about 100,000 American citizens residing in France.
The Kingdom of France was the first country to have diplomatic ties with the new United States in 1778. The 1778 Treaty of Alliance between the two countries and the subsequent aid provided from France proved decisive in the American victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War.