France - one of the oldest states in Europe, modern in its territory of its main features formed in the XV century. The Republican form of government is finally established in 1870.
France Area 547 030 square meters. km, 48 th place in the world
Currently, France - Republic
Head of state - president,
The highest legislative body - the two ward Parliament (National Assembly and Senate).
Mainland France is divided into 94 departments, which are added 2 Department on the island of Corsica, 6 overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guyana in Central America, as well as the Reunion at the south-east coast of Africa, Saint Pierre and Miquelon near the south-east coast Newfoundland) and 5 overseas territories (New Caledonia, French Polynesia, which was composed of islands, the Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Wallis and Futuna Islands, located on the equator, in the south-western Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Samoa; Mayotte - one of the islands of the Comorian ridge at the eastern coast of Africa). Due to this, France is the third largest in the world after the U.S. and UK-sized marine holdings.
In France, a four-level territorial administration: the state, regional (22 regions), the level of departments and municipalities. Since 1958 the country has a regime of the Fifth Republic, characterized by the concentration of political power in the hands of the president. Under the constitution the supreme legislative power is vested in Parliament. The official name of the country - the French Republic. The capital and largest city - Paris - is the largest urban agglomeration with a population of about 10 million people.
The total population of 60,656 million. (2005), which places France at the 21 th place in the world and 4 th place in Europe by number of people.
95% - the French.
5% - the Portuguese, Algerians, Italians, Moroccans, Turks.
The natural increase of population is 12 people per 1000 inhabitants.
France - vysokourbanizirovannaya country: the proportion of urban population makes up 80%. Population density - 102 persons per 1 km2.
Per capita income $ 16 569, 9 th place in the world
Average life expectancy for women - 83 years, men - 76 year
The official language is French, but on the outskirts of the country speak Basque (Pyrenees), Catalan (Roussillon), German (Alsace), bretanskom (Western Brittany), Flemish (District Dunkirk) and Corsican (dialect of Italian in Corsica). The French tend to learn and speak foreign languages, but very reluctant to talk to them with foreigners.
Religion: 90% of the population profess Roman Catholicism, 2% - Protestants, 3% - 5%, and Jews - Muslims.
Largest cities of France (more than 250 thousand inhabitants) - the capital, Paris and Marseilles, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice and Strasbourg.
Number of tourist arrivals 67.31 million., 1 st place in the world
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