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Euro

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 21 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially known as the euro area, more commonly named the eurozone. Each euro is subdivided into 100 cents.

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cent (Name varies by language)
Base unit
euro
cent
(Varies by language) · c
Central bank
European Central Bank
Date of introduction
1 January 1999; 27 years ago (1999-01-01)
Freq. used
€5, €10, €20, €50, €100 · 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, €1, €2

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Characteristics

Countries that use the euro

EU members not using the euro

Coins and banknotes

History

Direct and indirect usage

  • AT Austrian euro coins
  • BE Belgian euro coins
  • BG Bulgarian euro coins
  • HR Croatian euro coins
  • CY Cypriot euro coins
  • FI Finnish euro coins
  • EE Estonian euro coins
  • FR French euro coins
  • GR Greek euro coins
  • DE German euro coins
  • IE Irish euro coins
  • IT Italian euro coins
  • LV Latvian euro coins
  • LT Lithuanian euro coins
  • LU Luxembourgish euro coins
  • MT Maltese euro coins
  • NL Dutch euro coins
  • PT Portuguese euro coins
  • SK Slovak euro coins
  • SI Slovenian euro coins
  • ES Spanish euro coins
  • AD Andorran euro coins
  • MC Monégasque euro coins
  • SM Sammarinese euro coins
  • VA Vatican euro coins
  • XK Kosovo and the euro
  • ME Montenegro and the euro
  • EU member states European Union member states
  • European microstates Microstates and the European Union
  • Obliged to adopt the euro Enlargement of the eurozone

Economics

Exchange rates

Political considerations

Public opinion

Euro in various official EU languages

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Euro

Nodes345
Edges344
Triples467
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005797
Components1

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Euro

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related to Euro in various official EU languages · 68
Euro → Aegean, AlteSchwabacher, Artaxerxes, AtlantisFraktur, Breitkopf Fraktur, BreitkopfFraktur, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Bulgarian Cyrillic, Cankama, Code2001, Cprt, Directorate-General, ECB, English, English-language EU, FetteFraktur, Fraktur3, FreeSerif, French
related to Further reading · 65
Euro → Andrew, Archived, Baldwin, Banking, Bartram, Buti, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Charles, Deroose, Dorrance Publishing, Empirical Finance, European Financial Market Dependence, European Integration, European Single Currency, Exposures, Fehlschlag Euro, Finance, Financial Liberalization, Foreign Exchange Rate Risk
related to Agreed direct usage with minting rights · 32
Euro → According, All, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, EU, European, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania
related to Eurozone crisis · 22
Euro → According, All, Anglo-Saxon, Cyprus, Economist Intelligence Unit, EFSF, EU, European, Eurozone, Following, GDP, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Moreover, Portugal, Spain, The, To, UK
related to Against other major currencies · 19
Euro → After, Afterwards, April, Current, December, Despite, European Central Bank, In, In November, January, Japanese, July, May, October, On, Since, The, US, With
related to Introduction · 19
Euro → August, Belgian Esperantist Germain Pirlot, December, Denmark, EU, European Commission, Finance Theo Waigel, French, GDP, German Federal Minister, German TV, In, Jacques Santer, Maastricht Treaty, Madrid, President, The, To, United Kingdom
related to Administration · 18
Euro → All, As, Denmark, ECB, ERM II, EU, European Central Bank, Eurosystem, Maastricht, Maastricht Treaty, Nice, Rome Treaties, Sweden, The, The Eurosystem, The Maastricht Treaty, Through, Treaty
see also · 18
Euro → Agreement, Captain Euro, Central, Children's, Comics, Economic, EU, EUComEuro, European Union, European UnionList, EuropeHistory, EuropeWithdrawal, Member, Monetary Union, Multi-year, Process, Proposals, Raspberry Ice Cream War
related to Coins · 17
Euro → All, Arabic, Beginning, Cyrillic, Due, English, EU, Europe, European Union, For, France, Greek, In Community, Latin, Luc Luycx, Otherwise, The
related to Optimal currency area · 16
Euro → Before, British Foreign Secretary Jack, Eurozone, Greek, However, In, Increasing, John Lanchester, Mundell, OCA, OCR, Part, Robert Mundell, Straw, The New Yorker, There

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Important terminology

currency eurozone european eu coins states introduction currencies rate pegged also exchange countries member inflation ecb banknotes central union rates

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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Euro.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1⁄100cent (Name varies by language)1.00infobox
EuroBase uniteuro1.00infobox
Eurocent(Varies by language)1.00infobox
Eurocentc1.00infobox
EuroCentral bankEuropean Central Bank1.00infobox
EuroCodeEUR (numeric: .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}978)1.00infobox
EuroDate of introduction1 January 1999; 27 years ago (1999-01-01)1.00infobox
EuroFreq. used€5, €10, €20, €50, €1001.00infobox
EuroFreq. used1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, €1, €21.00infobox
EuroInflation2.8% (June 2026)1.00infobox
EuroMethodHICP1.00infobox
EuroMintList of mints1.00infobox
EuroPegged bysee § Pegged currencies1.00infobox
EuroPluralVaries, see language and the euro1.00infobox
EuroPrintersee § Banknote printing1.00infobox
EuroRarely used€200, €500 (discontinued but still legal tender)1.00infobox
EuroRarely used1c, 2c (Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Kosovo)1.00infobox
EuroReplacedEuropean Currency Unit1.00infobox
EuroSourceec.europa.eu1.00infobox
EuroSubunit0.011.00infobox
EuroSymbol€‎1.00infobox
EuroUser(s)primary: § members of Eurozone (21), also: § other users1.00infobox
EuroWebsitewww.ecb.europa.eu1.00infobox
Eurois aofficial currency of 44 countries and territories0.90text
Eurois asole currency of 21 EU member states0.90text
Eurois asecond-most widely held reserve currency after the U.S. dollar0.90text

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