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2. Nationality (Adjective)French LanguageFrench Area543.965 km² Population 64.700.000 Annual population growth rate 0.5% Ethnic groups Celtic, Latin, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities Education10 years compulsory

3. They also wear white shirts and blue striped scarf at the neck binding. Is very common that men and women use berets

4. 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. MUSIC

5. Country names:Conventional FormLocal Form Long FormFrench Republic Republique Francaise Short FormFrance National holiday: Taking of the Bastille, 14 July 1789 Constitution: 28 September 1958 Suffrage: 18 years old Capital: Paris Type of Government: Republic Administrative regions: 22

6. Branches Executive Branch Chief of State (President) Head of Government Cabinet Legislative Branch Parliament 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) Judicial Branch Court of Cassation (Civil and Criminal Law) Constitucional Council (Constitucional Law) Council of State (Administrative Court)

7. Centre Limousin Pays de la Loire Bretagne Basse Normandie Bourgogne Auvergne Midi-Pyrenees Aquitane Rhoné-Alpes Franche Comte Lorraine Picardie Haute Normandie Champagne Ardenne Lle de France Poitou Charentes Languedoc Roussillon Provence Alpes-Cote d'Azur Alsace Corse Nord Pas de Calais

8. France Natural Resources GDP: $26.600.000.000.000 GDP by sector (2002) Agriculture: 3% Services: 72% Industry: 25% 72% 25% 3% Labor Force: 25.400.000 Labor Force by sector (2009) Agriculture 3% Services 75% Industry 22% 75% 22% 3%

9. Production Agriculture Grains (Wheat, barley and corn) Wines and Spirits Daily Prooducts (sugar beets, oilseeds, meat, fruit and vegetables) Services Services to companies and individuals, financial and real estate activities, tourism and transportation Industry Aircrafts Electronics Transportation Textiles Clothing Food Processing Chemicals Machinery Automobiles Metalurgy Electricity Production (1998) 480,972 GWh Consumption : 389,254 GWh Exports : 62,000 GWh Fossil fuel: 10.77% Hydro: 12.45% Nuclear: 76.24% Other: 0.54% (1998)

10. Exports and Imports in 2009 Principal Trading Partners: Imports: Germany, Spain, USA, United Kingdom, Japan and Netherlands Exports: Germany, Spain, USA, United Kingdom, Japan and Netherlands

12. 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. SPORTS

13. 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.

14. Crème fraîche is a very known dessert it need strawberries and cream. A very popular f ood in France ar e French fries, Pork and the most fa mous dessert plateis cream. Pork

16. Member of the group Sources Agustina Sanchez Y Josefina Beisso (Religion, Clothes and Food) Julio Morero (Economy and government) Internet sources: Government: http://www.photius.com/wfb1999/france/france_government.html http://www.photius.com/wfb1999/france/france_government.html Economy: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3842.htmhttp://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 Nicolás Freyer (Sports and music)