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SOMETHING ABOUT
FRANCE
 HISTORY OF FRANCE

 France was one of the earliest

countries to progress from feudalism
into the era of the nation state
 It’s present name France was derived
from the Latin word “Francia”
meaning “Country of the Franks”
GEOGRAPHY OF FRANCE

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 GEOGRAPHY OF FRANCE
 Covers 551,695 square kilometres.
 4,807 metres above sea-level.
 Capital is :- Paris.
 Coordinates of France:-
 Latitude:- 45° N
 POLITICAL INFORMATION
 Type - Republic
 Chief of state - President Nicolas SARKOZY
 Head of Government. - Prime minister Francois
FILLON
 Politics :
- Characterized by two politically opposed
groupings : one left wing,centered around French
socialist part and the other right wing, centered
around union for a popular Movement.
 POLITICAL INFORMATION

 Law :
- Uses civil legal system.
- divided into two areas :Private covers civil and
criminal law and
Public law covers administrative and constitutional
law.
 French Parliament is a bicameral legislature
comprising a National Assembly and a Senate.
 POLITICAL INFORMATION

 National Assembly deputies represent local

constituencies and are directly elected for 5-
year terms.
 Assembly has the power to dismiss the
cabinet.
 Thus the majority in the Assembly determines
the choice of government.
 ECONOMIC INFORMATION
 GDP(PPP)
$ 1.902 trillion
 GDP(Official Exchange Rate)
$ 2.151 trillion
 GDP(Real Growth Rate)
2.2 %
 GDP(Per Capita Income)
$ 31,200
 ECONOMIC INFORMATION

 GDP (Composition By Sector)

Agriculture: 2 %
Industry: 20.7 %
Services: 77.2 %
 LABOUR FORCE:
27.75 million
 LABOUR FORCE (By Occupation)
Agriculture: 4.1 %
Industry: 24.4 %
Services: 71.5 %
 ECONOMIC INFORMATION
 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
8.7 %
 POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
6.2 %
 INFLATION RATE
1.7 %
 AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS
wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine
grapes; beef, dairy products; fish
 ECONOMIC INFORMATION

 INDUSTRIES
machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy,
aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing;
tourism
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION GROWTH RATE
0.2 %
 EXPORT COMMODITIES
machinery and transportation equipment,
aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical
products, iron and steel, beverages
 ECONOMIC INFORMATION

 EXPORT PARTNERS
Germany(15.6%), Spain(9.6%), Italy(8.9%),
UK(8.2%), Belgium(7.2%), US(6.7%),
Netherlands(4%)
 IMPORT COMMODITIES
machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil,
aircraft, plastics, chemicals
 IMPORT PARTNERS
Germany(19%), Belgium(11%), Italy(8.3%),
Spain(7%), Netherlands(6.7%), UK(6.5%), US(4.6%)
 ECONOMIC INFORMATION
 CURRENCY
Euro
On Jan 1, 1999, the European Monetary Union
introduced the euro as a common currency to be
used by financial institutions of member
countries.On Jan 1, 2002, the Euro became the
sole currency for everyday transactions within
the member countries.
 EXCHANGE RATE
0.7964

DEMOGRAPHY OF FRANCE
Population

total: 63,713,926
note: 60,876,136 in metropolitan France (July 2007 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,063,181/female 5,776,272)

15-64 years : 65.2% (male 20,798,889/female
20,763,283)
65 years and over : 16.2% (male 4,274,290/female
6,038,011) (2007 est.)
 DEMOGRAPHY OF FRANCE
 Median age
total: 39 years
male: 37.5 years female: 40.4 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate 0.588% (2007 est.)

Birth rate12.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

 Net migration rate 1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
 Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
 under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.002
male(s)/female
 65 years and over: 0.708 male(s)/female total population: 0.956
male(s)/female (2007 est.)Infant mortality rate
 DEMOGRAPHY OF FRANCE
 Infant mortality rate

total: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.76

deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live
births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.59 years male: 77.35 years female: 84

years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.98 children born/woman (2007 est.)

 CULTURE AND SPORTS OF FRANCE
 FRANCE IS A SECULAR COUNTRY WHERE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
AND OF RELIGION IS PRESERVED.
 FRANCE IS KNOWN AS THE “FASHION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”
HAVING UNIQUE AND FREE DESIGNS.
 FRANCE IS NOTED FOR ITS COSMOPOLITAN, CIVILIZED
APPROACH TO LIFE, COMBINED WITH GREAT CONCERN FOR
STYLE, FSHION AND APPEARANCES.
 FRENCH CULTURE IS PROFOUNDLY ALLIED WITH THE FRENCH
LANGUAGE.
 THE NATIONAL SPORT OF FRANCE IS FOOTBALL(SOCCER).
OTHER POPULAR SPORTS ARE RUGBY UNION, BASKETBALL,
CYCLING, SAILING AND TENNIS.
 RELIGION OF FRANCE
 The main religion in France is Christianity
 Catholics form 31% of the total
population,atheists 31%, 4% Muslim, 3%
Protestant & 1% Jewish
 There are some religious doctrines such as
the Unification Church,the Order of the
Solar Temple,etc which are considered
cults
 CONTRIBUTION IN G-8
 NDEP(North dimension environmental
partnership fund) which will finance
project associated with the dismantling of
nuclear submarines
 Multilateral Plutonium deposition group
 The rehabiliation of the Chernobyl site at
ukraine
 INDIA - FRANCE
RELATIONS
 France & India have instituted agreements to
 provide protection to bilateral investment from
 each other, and also to avoid double taxation.
 France has agreed to help India as nuclear
 supplier group.
 Ariva, a public sector nuclear reactor company
 will give technical knowledge to BHEL of
 manufacturing large capacity nuclear reactor.
 Human Development Index Of
France
 Its rank is 16
 Sixth largest economy in the world
 Lowest poverty rate
 Unemployment rate is low
BENEFICIAL BY BECOMING A
MEMBER OF G-8
 Takes up global challenges such as
Global warming, Economic foot print
etc.
 To combat global terrorism with the
joint effort of the member states.
 To combat unethical power rise of
member states.
 FUTURE PROSPECT
 Tourism industry of France will grow at a
havoc rate in the coming future.
 Nuclear power of France is going at a stedy
rate.
 At present France meet about 71% of its
energy from nuclear sources.
 Automobile and food industry will grow at
a much faster rate in future.