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The euro is the legal currency of around 331 million people in 17 EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

EU countries not using the euro are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom - although on January 1st 2014 Latvia will officially begin using the Euro.

Money usage in Europe
This is a map showing where Euro is used and where other currencies are in force.


Other currencies
These are rates for other European currencies. Rates will vary, but in January 2012 one euro bought approximately:

CountryCurrencyExchange rate
BulgariaBulgarian lev1.95
Czech RepublicCzech koruna25.9
DenmarkDanish krone7.43
United KingdomBritish pound sterling0.83
HungaryHungarian forint310
LithuaniaLithuanian litas3.45
LatviaLatvian lats0.69
PolandPolish zloty4.44
RomaniaRomanian leu4.30
SwedenSwedish krona8.94