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Motto : Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.

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EDM code : Etudiants Du Monde / Students of the World.
ITU code : International Communication Union.
FIPS code (FIPS 10-4) : intended for general use throughout the US Government.
ISO codes : International Organization for Standardization.

National Anthem

"La Marseillaise"
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1-
Arise children of the fatherland,
The day of glory has arrived !
Against us tyranny's
Bloody standard is raised (repeat)
Listen to the sound in the fields
The howling of these fearsome soldiers,
They are coming into our midst
To cut the throats of your sons and consorts.

CHORUS :

To arms citizens !
Form you battalions !
March, march !
Let impure blood
Water our furrows !

2-
What do they want this horde of slaves,
Of traitors and conspiratorial kings ?
For whom these vile chains,
These long-prepared irons ? (repeat)
Frenchmen, for us, ah ! What outrage
What methods must be taken ?
It is we they dare plan
To return to the old slavery !

(CHORUS)

3-
What ! These foreign cohorts !
They would make laws in our courts !
What ! These mercenary phalanxes
Would cut down our warrior sons (repeat)
Good Lord ! By chained hands
Our brow would yield under the yoke
The vile despots would have themselves be
The masters of destiny.

(CHORUS)

4-
Tremble tyrants and traitors,
The shame of all good men,
Tremble ! Your parricidal schemes
Will receive their just reward (repeat)
Against you we are all soldiers.
If they fall, our young heros,
France will bear new ones,
Ready to join the fight against you.

(CHORUS)

5-
Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors,
Bear or hold back your blows
Spare these sad victims,
Who with regret are taking up arms against us (repeat)
But not these bloody despots,
These accomplices of Boulle,
All these tigers who pitilessly,
Are ripping open their mothers' breasts !...

(CHORUS)

6-
Sacred Love for the Fatherland,
Lead and support our avenging arms
Liberty, cherished liberty,
Join the struggle with your defenders (repeat)
Under our flags, let victory
hasten to you virile (or manly) force
So that in death your enemies
See your triumph and our glory !

(CHORUS)

7-
We shall enter into the pit
When our elders will no longer be there ;
There we shall find their ashes
And the mark of their virtues (repeat)
We are much less jealous of surviving them
Than of sharing their coffins,
We shall have the sublime pride
Of avenging or joining them.

(CHORUS)

France - Physical geography

			Area :	552 000 Km2
			Water :	0.26 %
			Lands under cultivation :	35 %
			Wild pasture lands :	20 %
			Forests :	28 %

	Min. Height : -2 m (Rhone Delta)
	Max. Height : 4808 m (Mt Blanc)

France - Climate

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Temperatures °C (degrees Celsius) in Paris

Rainfall (mm) in Paris
(Average values for each month)

France - People
Nationality : French
Main language(s) : French

2002

2005

Population (2005) :

60 737 000 people

2002

2005

Density :

110 people / Km2

Fertility rate :

1.9 children / woman

Life expectancy :

80 years

Urban population :

76 %


	Main cities :
	10 500 000 people		Paris (aggl.)
	2 156 000 people		Paris (capital)
	1 600 000 people		Lyon (or Lyons) (aggl.)
	1 350 000 people		Marseilles (aggl.)
	1 110 000 people		Lille (aggl.)
	918 000 people		Toulouse (aggl.)
	882 000 people		Bordeaux (aggl.)
	675 000 people		Nantes (aggl.)
	558 000 people		Strasbourg (aggl.)
	557 000 people		Nice (aggl.)
	505 000 people		Grenoble (aggl.)
	485 000 people		Rennes (aggl.)
	325 000 people		Orleans (aggl.)
	291 000 people		Le Havre (aggl.)
	275 000 people		Brest (aggl.)

	French Regions - Population 2005
	11 362 000		Ile-de-France
	5 947 000		Rhône-Alpes
	4 743 000		Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
	4 032 000		Nord-Pas-de-Calais
	3 385 000		Pays de la Loire
	3 072 000		Aquitaine
	3 044 000		Bretagne
	2 731 000		Midi-Pyrénées
	2 497 000		Languedoc-Roussillon
	2 490 000		Centre
	2 334 000		Lorraine
	1 877 000		Picardie
	1 806 000		Haute-Normandie
	1 805 000		Alsace
	1 687 000		Poitou-Charentes
	1 626 000		Bourgogne
	1 445 000		Basse-Normandie
	1 334 000		Champagne-Ardenne
	1 330 000		Auvergne
	1 143 000		Franche-Comté
	724 000		Limousin
	275 000		Corse

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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