FRANCE

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France is a beautifull country and one of the  most importat in Europe. for the economy, history, and its traditions
its capital  is Paris. whit 9,6 millions of people, its the most traditional city in  France but has  another cities very interesting.
france is called le pay du l´amour,  it´s  known for its  Flavor, wines and the many place to visit.
the French cuisine is very  desired

 

France is the third largest country in Europe with   674,843 km2
Has  65,2 millions of people .

population  urban areas
                             

Aires urbaines	Population
1. Paris	9,6 millions
2. Lille	1,7 million
3. Lyon	1,4 million
4. Marseille	1,3 million
5. Toulouse	1 million

RELIEF

• Plains: 2/3 of the total area.
• Principal mountain ranges: the Alps (the highest point, Mont-Blanc is the highest mountain in Western Europe - 4807 meters), the Pyrenees, Jura, Ardennes, Massif Central and Vosges.

• Coastline: about four maritime areas (the North Sea, la manche, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea), France has 5,500 km of coastline.

climate
Three types: ocean (west), Mediterranean (south), continental (central and eastern).

The  farming production zones are 48 million of hectares

The forest represent 26% of the   land mass.  And the third position in Europe  behind  Sweden and  Finland 

THE GOVERMENT.
Unitary semi-presidential
constitutional Republic

In france  tha constitution is the most importan institution; governing the functioning of the institutions of the Fifth Republic.

the president, the prime minister, the parlament.

French cuisine is renowned for being one of the finest in the world.

each of the regions have  many dishes like  Cassoulet in the Southwest,  Choucroute in Alsace, Quiche in the Lorraine region, Beef bourguignon in the Bourgogne

 a large variety of different cheeses, such as Camembert, Roquefort and Brie. There are more than 400 different varieties

Where to go  to France.?

Some places for visit.

Eiffel Tower

located on the  Mars´champ  in Paris,  Erected in 1889 as entrance arch to the 1989 World's Fair it has become ina  a global cultural icon for Frace.
the tower is the tallest structure in Paris and thne most visited paid monument inthe word.

Triumphal Arch .

is one of the most famous monuments in  Paris. It stand in the center of the place Charles de Gaulle.



it´s honours those who fought and died fot France in the French  Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars

the Gothic  cathedrals 

the gothic architecture was the first french style  to be copied in all Europe.

 Notre-Dame de Chartres  -  Notre-Dame d'Amiens   - Notre-Dame de Reims

Cultural Festivals:

The Festival of Lights

In the French city of Lyon, every year is made the Festival of Lights. From December 8, is live four nights of splendor and beauty wear. Lyon is filled with millions of lights, at the hands of artists and musicians who will make a magical night scene of color and life. The Festival of Lights is recognized as a unique event in Europe.

Music Festivals

The Pitchfork is a new festival celebrated in the Paris city in the park of the "villete". The festival only had have two editions. It's similar to El Altavoz in Medellin with the difference that have cover.

My French Film Festival.com

From January 12 to February 1 the French movie lovers will have online access to the movies that brings Festival.com My French Film, a festival created for the Internet to become a cinema room and for the Internet users assume the role of jury of films produced in France.

Moviegoers will have access to films of the festival brings in the form of streaming - you can see the tape while downloading, in original version with subtitles in Spanish on the festival website: www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/

The idea is that users vote to select their favorite movie and write your comments on the festival's website, on Facebook (facebook.com / MyFrenchFilmFestival) or Twitter (@ myfff)

Religion

The French Republic has officially religious freedom as a constitutional right.
According to a January 2007 survey done by the Catholic World News
51% of the population is Catholic, 31% atheist, 6% Muslim, 2% Protestant, 1.5% Jewish, 1% Buddhist, 0.5% Orthodox and other 1%.

Arts

The arts are one of the jewels of the national culture, a constitutive element and harmonizing of French identity. On the Web Meeting national museums http://www.rmn.fr/english/Learn-about-art-history/ can learn from the history of art, seasonal or thematic.

History 

Paris has been an important cultural center in Western history. In it were born, formed or developed their French figures of the stature of René Descartes, Molière, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas, son, Edgar Degas and Claude Monet and others. From the early nineteenth century and until the late 1960s, Paris was the world center of arte. This period received its brightness emblematic representatives of French art as Braque, Matisse and Duchamp or foreign artists such as Beckett, Brancusi, Brecht , Buñuel, Hemingway, Joyce, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Picasso and Stravinsky

Napoleon Bonaparte  (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars. He established hegemony over most of continental Europe and sought to spread the ideals of the French Revolution, while consolidating animperial monarchy which restored aspects of the deposed Ancien Régime. Due to his success in these wars, often against numerically superior enemies, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time, and his campaigns are studied at military academies worldwide.