FRANCE

What do you know aboutFrance ?

• Who is the president?

• How do you say “Hello” in french?

• Have you ever been to France?

• What are the clichés about the french people in your country?

BONJOUR

François Hollande

Video

The Real stereotypes

NEVER SATISFIED

ALWAYS IN STRIKE

LAZY

WEAR BERET (only old persons)

EAT BAGUETTE AND CHEESE

DRINK A LOT OF WINE

WE DON’T LEAVEALL IN PARIS

NO MORE ROMANTICTHAN OTHERS

What do you have to knowabout FRANCE?

• Capital : PARIS

• Language : Français

• Political system : Republic

• National anthem : Marseillaise

• National Motto : Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

• Population : 65 586 000 inhabitants in 2013

• Currency : Euro

• GDP : 1,907 billion Euros (5th in the world)

Geography• One of the biggest

country of the UE • Marked out by : the North

Sea, the Channel, the Atlantic ocean, and the Mediterranean sea

• Marked out by : Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Andorra

• Has a lot of islands all over the world

27 regions

(Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, Réunion, Mayot

te = regions overseas)

History

• 496 : Clovis corronation, beginning of themonarchist era

• 1589 : Borbons era withHenri IV

• XVII century : apogée of the absolute monarchywith Louis XIV

• XVIII century : Age of Enlightenments(Diderot, Montesquieu, Voltaire)

• 1789 : Frenchrevolution (14 July = storming of the Bastille= Public holiday)

• 1792 : First Republic

• 1804 : Napoleonestablished an imperial power

• 1870 : End of the second

empire and return of the republic

• 1914-18 : First WorldWar, victorious France but in ruins

• 1939-45 : SecondWorldWar, collaborationwith the Nazi Germany

• Until the 1960’s : warsof independence and decolonisation(Algeria)

• 1958 : proclamationof the 5th republic

Economy

•Wine

•Automobile

•Cosmetics

Famous people

Zinedine Zidane Claude François David Guetta Marion Cotillard

Important cultural places

Le Louvre

Tour Eiffel

Disneyland Paris

Festival of Cannes

Raclette

Boeufbourguignon

RatatouilleFoie gras

Cuisine

Immigration• In 2012, it represents 11,1% of the french population

of which 7,8% is not from the UE

• Origins from : UE (34%), Maghreb (30%), Asia (14%), Sub-Saharan Africa (11%)

• Portugal, Algeria, Morocco are the main birth countries of the immigrants

Homosexual wedding

• Since 2012, government bill

• Intense debate

• Survey of the French : 66% FOR, but only 47% for the adoption of the homosexual couples

• Protest of the opposition (particularly groups close to the church)

• The Parliement adopted this Tuesday (23 of April) the bill allowing wedding and adoption for same-sexcouples, with 331 FOR and 225 AGAINST.

Religion

• Non-religious state since the law of separation of church and state (1905)

• Majority religion : Catholicism

• Evolution of the “without religion”, especially among young people

• Currently : 60% Catholic (but only 10% churchgoer), 30% without religion, 6% Muslim, 2% Protestant, 1% Jewish

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Sources

• www.france.fr

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAEQiciJx_8

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJH3rGImvDw

• http://www.europe-cities.com/en/658/france/history/famous-people/?page=2

• http://www.gouvernement.fr/