France

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France

• France is located next to Germany, Austria,
  Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and
  Luxembourg. France borders the Bay of Biscay and
  The Mediterranean Sea and The English Channel.

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France Flag

• The Blue in the flag is the symbolism of the
  middle class.
• The Red in the flag symbolizes the Nobility.
• The White in the flag symbolizes

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The Eiffel Tower

• The Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France.
  Alexandre Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower. The
  building of the Eiffel Tower started on July1,
  1887 and was completed on March 31, 1889.

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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

•  Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was born on December
  15, 1832 in Dijon, Cote-d' Or , France. Alexandre
  attended the Lycee Royal High School where he
  found class was a waste of time. Eiffel later
  found that he liked history and literature. For
  the last two years of attending Lycee Royal High
  School he studied and graduated with degrees in
  both science and humanities.  He went to Sainte
  Barbe College in Paris where he studied to get
  into The Ecole Polytechnique. To get into The
  Ecole Polytechnigque Eiffel had to take extremely
  hard exams. He was denied entrance to The Ecole
  Polytechnique so he attended Ecole Centrale des
  Arts et Manufactures instead.

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Zinedine Zidane

• Zinédine Zidane was born on June 23,
  1972 in Marseille, France. His parents were
  immigrants from Algeria. Zinédine learned to play
  soccer in the streets of Marseille. At the age of
  fourteen a talent scout spotted him and so became
  his shot at superstardom. In 2001 Zidane joined
  Real Madrid for seventy-eight million Euros and
  signed a four year contract. Zidane scored the
  game winning goal with his weak foot to win the
  2002 UEFA Champions League Final 2-1 against
  Bayer Leverkusen. The next season Real Madrid won
  the Spanish League Title and Zidane was nominated
  and won the FIFA World Player of The Year Award
  for the third time in his career. He also won the
  award in 2000 and 1998. Zidane played his last
  home game against Villarreal CF in a 3-3 draw in
  which he scored his last goal. His teammates wore
  commemorative jerseys saying Zidane 2001-2006
  below the logo. Zidane retired after the 2006
  season. 

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Government

• The Government of France is Republic and the
  Prime Minister of France is Francois Fillon.

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Religion

• France has traditionally been a catholic country
  and today approximately 80 of the population of
  France ascribe, at least nominally, to the
  Catholic religion. In reality, however, France is
  a deeply secular country which seen the role of
  organized religion in the lives of people in
  France diminish ever since the revolutions in
  in1780 and 1804. Many French people who are
  counted as belonging to the Catholic religion
  have not been. The vast majority of Catholics in
  France do not attend church regularly or even at
  all.

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Natural Resources

•   The natural resources in France are coal, iron
  ore, bauxite, zinc, potash, and timber.

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Livestock

• The arable land in France is 33 percent. The
  livestock in France is 19.4 million cattle, 173.7
  million chicken, 1.2 million goats, 14.8 million
  pigs, and 8.9 million sheep.

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Industires

• The industries in France are machinery,
  chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft,
  electronics, textiles, food processing, and
  tourism.

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Population

• The population of France is 63,718,187 of which
  62,150,775 live in metropolitan France and
  the France population density is 258 people per
  square mile.

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Life Expectancy

•  The life expectancy of a French male is 77.6
  years and a French female life expectancy is 84.1
  years.

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Major Cities

• The major cities in France are Lyon, Marseille,
  Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg, and Paris.
  Paris is also there capitol.

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Ethnic Groups

•  The ethnic groups in France is French, with
  Slavic, North African, and Basque minorities.

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Crops

• The chief crops in France are wheat, cereals,
  sugar beets, potatoes, and wine grapes.

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