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Facts & figures about France

 

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Some facts and figures about France which may be of use to you.

Political information

France, is a republic, with a written constitution. (5th Republic)
President Jacques Chirac. (7 year mandate).
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
The capital city of France is Paris.

Geographical information

The country is split into 22 administrative regions

The regions listed in alphabetical are :
Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Bretagne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse, Franche-Comte, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes.

Each region is divided into "departements" (counties). There is a total of 96 departments (106 when including the DOMs which are the overseas counties).

There are 36851 towns and villages in France (including the DOMs).

Total land surface 550,000 sq km. The highest point being the Mont Blanc which culminates at 4,807 metres above sea-lvel. The coastline is more than 5,500  km, with acess to the Atlantic and Mediterranean

Facts from France

964 356 km of roads
7 396 km are "autoroutes" or motorways;
31 940 km of railway track, 1 268 reserved for the high-speed TGV  train. The railway system in France is nationalised and called the SNCF (Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer)
Main airport, Charles de Gaule Roisy Paris, secondary is Orly, Paris.

Military service: now abolished, 3 days of civil service for men and women from 18 years of age.
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie

Until 02 January 2002, the currency was the French Franc, it has since changed into the European currency and now the Euro is the legal tender.
1 Euro (€) = 100 Euro centimes

Historical dates

Historical timeline, briefly describing the main events in France, some are links and take on to great historical sites.

  • Paleolithic 10 000 BC
  • Neolithic 5000 - 2500 BC
  • Gaule 51 BC - 486 AD
  • Merovingiens 486 AD 751 AD
  • Clovis 481 - 511
  • Carolingiens 751 AD - 987 AD
  • Pepin le Bref 751 - 768
  • Charlemange 768 - 814
  • Capetiens 987 - 1328
  • Hugues 987 - 996
  • Philippe I 1060 - 1108
  • Louis 8 1223 - 1226
  • Philippe le hardi 1270 -1285
  • Jean II le bon 1350 - 1364
  • Louis XI 1461  -  1483
  • End of the Middle Ages 1486
  • Renaissance 1483 -  1595
  • Francois II 1559 - 1560
  • Henry IV 1589 - 1610
  • Louis XIV 1643 - 1715
  • Louis XV 1715 - 1774
  • Louis XVI 1774 - 1792
  • The American Colonies and France signed this military treaty on February 6, 1778.
  • Revolution 1789
  • Ist Republic 1792
  • Napoleon 1 1804 - 1814 
  • Restoration 1814
  • Death of Napoleon 1821
  • 2nd Republic 1848
  • 2nd Empire Napoleon 3 1852 - 1870
  • 3rd Republic 1871
  • Sadi Carnot 1887 - 1894
  • Clemenceau 1906-19113
  • World War I 
  • Death Claude Monet 1926
  • Second World War 1936-1945
  • Leon Blumme 1946 - 1947
  • 4th Republic 1947
  • Vincent Henrauriol 1947-1954
  • Death of Charles De Gaulle 1970
  • Pompidou 1969 - 1974
  • Miterrand Francois 1996
     

Family tree of the French kings

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