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| Country information |
country code: FR
continent: Europe
capital: Paris
languages: French
EU membership: yes
NATO membership: yes
GSM: 900/1800/3G
GPS: 46 00 N, 2 00 E
electricity: 230V/50Hz
currency:
European Union Euro: EUR
1EUR = 1.2656 USD
phone code:
+33-1
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Travel advices and warnings France
| Tourism |
France Tourism experienced consultants keeps up to date with Hotels, Tours, Cruises, Ski resorts, Travel Insurance, Airfares and other diverse products we recommend by regularly visiting France for holidays and inspection tours. Each counselor uses their expertise to create a wonderfully unique holiday experience specially customised to your needs.
Let us do the research and find you the answers to ensure your holiday is a truly memorable event. |
| Culture |
The culture of France and of the French people has been shaped by geography, by profound historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups. France, and in particular Paris, has played an important role as a center of high culture and of decorative arts since the seventeenth century, first in Europe, and from the nineteenth century on, world wide. From the late nineteenth century, France has also played an important role in cinema, fashion and cuisine. The importance of French culture has waxed and waned over the centuries, depending on its economic, political and military importance. French culture today is marked both by great regional and socioeconomic differences and by strong unifying tendencies. |
| History |
The open space, the natural beauty, the palpable sense of history – people come to France for all these reasons and because of the enviable savoir-vivre of the French people. We have burrowed deep in France and unearthed the most generous, fascinating hosts. You'll find elegant châteaux still in family hands after centuries, chalets among crags and peaks for skiers and ramblers, chambres d'hôtes dotted along the Loire and the Dordogne; perfect for cycling tours and, everywhere, unrivalled regional food. We have special places in market towns and by the sea and a stunning collection of Parisian places, too. |
| Eating |
Rich cuisine is one of greatest French treasures. French people are very much addicted to their families so they always try to find as many occasions to have some time on table with their families and friends. Most people in France start their day with breakfast that is known as le petit déjeuner. Their breakfast is consists of coffee and hot chocolate. Lunch is considered a leisurely affair by French people but several meal courses are included in their lunch menue. They mostly like to each salad in lunch in summer season and in winter they like to eat hot soup. However meat, fish, cheese, fruits and sometimes desserts are also enjoyed as lunch meal by French people. |
| Shopping |
With the vast choice of small boutiques, huge department stores and popular markets, you can easily feel overwhelmed. Let us guide you in these specially-themed pages on shopping to find endless treasures with our selection of best addresses, best buys and recommendations. The luxury of French people: shopping, shopping, shopping! Live a memorable shopping experience during your holidays in France! |
| Costs |
It's not true that Paris is expensive. It's possible for two people to visit Paris for a few days and spend less than 100€ per person per day for hotel and three meals, total.
It's somewhat easier if you're willing to spend 150€ per person, particularly in busy tourist seasons.
If you stay for a week or two, you can rent a small apartment, get more space and convenience, save by preparing some of your own meals, perhaps share your lodging costs with another couple, and lower your daily cost for lodging and food to as little as 60€ to 80€ per person per day. (Try that in New York, London or Tokyo!)
Euro for euro, Paris offers excellent value for money. |
| Language |
French (français, IPA: [fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, French-speaking Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts of the world, the largest numbers of which reside in Francophone Africa |
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From wikipedia about France
France, is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. For more information, see. Metropolitan
France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is bordered (clockwise starting from the northeast) by
Belgium,
Luxembourg,
Germany,
Switzerland,
Italy and Monaco; with
Spain and
Andorra to the southwest.
France is linked to the
United Kingdom by the Channel Tunnel, which passes underneath the English Channel. In addition to these borders on the European continent
France has land borders with
Suriname and
Brazil through
French Guiana, as well as with the Kingdom of the
Netherlands through the Collectivity of Saint Martin. It is the largest west-European country and it possesses the second-largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world, covering 11, 035, 000 km2 (4, 260, 000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11, 351, 000 km2 / 4, 383, 000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, Encarta. MSN. 2008..
France has its main ideals expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The French Republic is defined as indivisible, secular, democratic and social by its constitution. French constitution article I... La
France est une République indivisible, laïque, démocratique et sociale.
France is one of the world's most developed countries and possesses the world's fifth largest and Europe's second largest economy by nominal GDP.. It is the most visited country in the world, receiving 82 million foreign tourists annually.
France has the world's third largest nominal military budget, the third largest military in NATO and EU's largest army.
France also possesses the third largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world – with ~300 active warheads as of 25 May 2010 – and the world's second largest diplomatic corps (second only to that of the United States).
France is a founding member of the United Nations, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and a member of the Francophonie, the G8, G20, NATO, OECD, WTO, and the Latin Union. It is also a founding and leading member state of the European Union and the largest one by area. In 2010,
France was listed 14th on the Human Development Index and 24th on the Corruption Perceptions Index.
