Transcript Diapositiva 1

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