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France - Economy
Currency : Euro (EUR) = 100 Cents
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 1.22 US$

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 1423 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 23429 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 2177.67 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 35854 dollars


France - Miscellaneous information
CONSUMPTION (individual / year) (world rank 1997) :
- Butter = 8 Kg (1)
- Cheese = 23 Kg (1)
- Wine = 60 l (1)
- Eggs = 250 (4)
- Potatoes = 70 Kg (8)
- Chocolate (8)
- Meat = 90 Kg (8)
- Bread = 58 Kg (10)
- Coffee (11)
MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2002) :
- Sugar beets (1)
- Apples (3)
- Cereals (4)
- Barley (4)
- Wheat (5)
- Apricots (5)
- Corn (7)
- Potatoes (10)
- Wood (16)
- Milk (3)
- Honey (6)

- Pigs (11)
- Oxen (14)
- Sheep (25)
- Potash (14)
- Uranium (18)
- Bauxite (20)
- Brown coal (21)
- Coal (28)
OTHER RESOURCES & PRODUCTS (world rank 1997) :
- Wine (1)
- Cheese (2)
- Butter (4)
- Cars (4)
SERVICES (world rank 2000) :
- Tourism (1)
RECORDS :
- Highest mountain in West Europe = Mont Blanc (the Alps ; 4810 m).
- 2nd longest tunnel in the world = Eurotunnel (France-England ; 49.9 Km).
- The Tower Eiffel has got 200 M visitors from 1889 to 2002 (world record for a monument with admission charge).
- Official world record of human longevity = Jeanne Calment (died in 1997 at the age of 122 y and 165 days).


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