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Index - Basic Information - Traditional Clothes - Music - Government - Economy - Religion - Sports - Food - Himno - Fuentes Nationality (Adjective) French Language French Area 543.965 km² Population 64.700.000 Annual population growth rate 0.5% Ethnic groups Celtic, Latin, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities Education 10 years compulsory Is very common that men and women use berets They also wear white shirts and blue striped scarf at the neck binding. MUSIC Since 1000 years ago the most popullar music is the gregorian chant. The most popular French musicians or singers now a days are Edith Piaf, Dalida, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Becaud and Serge Gainsbourg. The most listened music in France is POP, some of the those musicians are Rihanna and The Black Eyed Peas. Country names: Conventional Form Local Form Long Form French Republic Republique Francaise Short Form France France National holiday: Capital: Type of Government: Paris Republic Suffrage: Administrative regions: Constitution: 28 September 1958 Taking of the Bastille, 14 July 1789 22 18 years old Branches Executive Branch Legislative Branch Chief of State (President) Head of Government Parliament Judicial Branch Court of Cassation (Civil and Criminal Law) Constitucional Council (Constitucional Law) Cabinet Council of State (Administrative Court) Senate 321 seats - 296 Metropolitan France - 13 Overseas departments and territories - 12 French nationals abroad (members are indirectly elected to serve 9 years) National Assembly 577 seats - depend of each election the % of seats by party (members are elected by popular vote to serve 5 years) Picardie Basse Normandie Bretagne Lle de France Lorraine Centre Pays de la Loire Bourgogne Poitou Charentes Limousin Franche Comte Rhoné-Alpes Auvergne Aquitane Midi-Pyrenees Provence Alpes-Cote d'Azur Corse France Natural Resources GDP: $26.600.000.000.000 GDP by sector (2002) Agriculture: 3% Services: 72% Industry: 25% Labor Force: 25.400.000 Labor Force by sector (2009) Agriculture 3% Services 75% Industry 22% Labor Force by occupation (Labor Force 25.4 million) GDP 2002 (composition by sectors) 3% 3% 5% 3% 25% 26% 25% 22% Agriculture Industry Services 72% 72% 75% 69% Production Agriculture Services Industry Services to companies and individuals, financial and real estate activities, tourism and transportation Aircrafts Electronics Transportation Textiles Clothing Food Processing Chemicals Machinery Automobiles Metalurgy Grains (Wheat, barley and corn) Wines and Spirits Daily Prooducts (sugar beets, oilseeds, meat, fruit and vegetables) Electricity Fossil fuel: 10.77% Hydro: 12.45% Nuclear: 76.24% Other: 0.54% (1998) Production (1998) 480,972 GWh Consumption: 389,254 GWh Exports: 62,000 GWh & Imports in 2009 ExportsExports and Imports 5,500 5,400 5,300 5,200 Billion 5,100 5,000 4,900 4,800 4,700 4,600 4,500 Exports Imports Principal Trading Partners: Imports: Germany, Spain, USA, United Kingdom, Japan and Netherlands Exports: Germany, Spain, USA, United Kingdom, Japan and Netherlands Other 1% Buddhist 1% Jewish 2% Protestant 2% Muslim 6% Atheist 33% Catholic 55% SPORTS The most popular individual sports played in France are the Tour De France: the most prestigious cyclist tour, celebrated on June, annually since 1903. The other one is the Roland Garros , the second ATP Grand Slam tournament played in the year. The best appearance of France in the Olympic games was in 1900 in Paris. The most important team sports in France are football and rugby. The French Football Federation is one of the best national football team in the hole world. In the year 1998 the team led by Zinedine Zidane won the world cup and in 2006 they lost final. Rugby takes a very important role in French culture. The French national rugby team is one of the bests, with the same amount of world cups as Engalnd. Pork A very popular f ood in France ar e French fries, Pork and the most fa mous dessert plateis cream. Crème fraîche is a very known dessert it need strawberries and cream. Member of the group Sources Agustina Sanchez Y Josefina Beisso (Religion, Clothes and Food) Julio Morero (Economy and government) Nicolás Freyer (Sports and music) Internet sources: Government: http://www.photius.com/wfb1999/france/france_government.html Economy: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3842.htm http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/france-facts/economy-of-france.htm Program sources: Biblioteca de Consulta Encarta 2005