la République Française, où la République française ?

Question

Small point of detail : la République Française, or la République française ?

I think this should be la République française (française not capitalised).

What is the consensus on this ? Does it matter ? Would either be ok ?

On Wikipedia, in this context , française generally seems to be in lower case, and I think the same on L'OBS web site.

Thanks. Paul.

Accepted Answer

Hi Paul and Tom,
Although the -f of française should not be capitalized it is often if used with the word, république; more for reasons of aesthetics on monuments, plaques, and official documents.
If you do a search for images of République Française, you will find plenty of examples backing this up.

Answer

Sorry, Tom, only just noticed your post - I think you are  in agreement with me about my question.