George Clooney, his wife Amal and their eight-year-old twins have been granted French citizenship.

A gazette notification published on Saturday in Journal Officiel listed the Clooneys among newly naturalised French citizens, according to the news agency Associated Press.

The notification stated that Amal Clooney was naturalised under her maiden name, Amal Alamuddin, and noted George Clooney's middle name as Timothy.

The British-Lebanese lawyer and the American actor married in 2014, and welcomed twins Alexander and Ella in 2017.

Earlier this year, Clooney talked about leaving Los Angeles for a quieter life in France and why he felt that it worked out better for his children.

“I was worried about raising our kids in LA, in the culture of Hollywood. I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at life. France, they kind of don’t give a s*** about fame,” he told Esquire in October.

“I don’t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don’t want them being compared to somebody else’s famous kids.”

Clooney and his wife bought a house in Provence for $8.3m in 2021, according to Hello! magazine. The sprawling 425-acre estate reportedly consists of an 18th-century mansion with a pool, tennis court, vast gardens, and an ornamental lake.

George Clooney, his wife Amal Clooney, and their eight-year-old twins have been granted French citizenship (AFP/Getty)

The Ocean’s Eleven star told the publication his farm had 100 acres of grapes, 1,200 olive trees, and a tractor that he drove his kids around on.

“A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it. But now, for them, it’s like – they’re not on their iPads, you know?” he explained. “They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life.”