Country


Official name: French Republic


Short name: France


Capital: Paris


Language: French


Political System: Republic


Date of Origin: July 14, 1789


Currency: Euro.

Geography


Location: France is located in the western part of the European continent, and like other major colonial countries, it has islands and lands overseas in a number of regions of the world.

It is bordered by several countries: the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.


Area: 643,801 square kilometers.


Natural resources: fertile agricultural lands, timber, hydropower, minerals, mainly iron, coal, potash, zinc, potash and uranium.


Climate: Mediterranean.

Population


Number: 66,259,012 people (July 2014


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Growth rate: 0.45% (2014 estimates)


Ethnic distribution: France’s population consists of different ethnic groups such as Celts and Latins, in addition to other minorities such as the Germans, Moroccans, and Basques.


Religion: from 83% to 88% Greek Catholics, from 5% to 10% are Muslims, 2% are Christian Protestants, 1% are Jews, and 4% are not specified.

Economy


Gross domestic product: $ 2.739 trillion


annual per capita product: $ 35700


Growth rate: 0.3%


Unemployment rate: 10.2%


Inflation rate: 0.9%


External debt: $ 5.371 trillion The


most important products: Airplanes, tourism, chemicals, iron, electronic devices, Cereals, sugar, potatoes.


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