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Other sectors

67.1% of the labour force work in the service sector and contribute 71.5% of the GNP.

New technologies, information and communication are estimated as being 0.4% of the GDP. It is still a small part, in spite of the boom in the volume of the added value, which has been multiplied by four between 1980 and 2010. This sector employs 3% of the labour force. Access to internet has become nearly free in France with the widespread adoption of all-inclusive forfeits.

In terms of capital risk, the French internet companies made over 6.7 million dollars in 2011, not counting those which went onto the stock market.
Since then several start-ups have gone bankrupt or sold out.
Money is not short, but the investors are a lot more careful and the excesses of the last two years are acting as a sanction on today's market : a multitude of projects in the same sector of the market, companies which didn't find clients, risky or spendthrift management, incompetence ... all of that fed by a huge wave of capital, often attracted by the perspective of a quick profit on the stock market.
Companies which offer a highly technical product, which is difficult to copy and is really innovatory can still find financing. Several start-ups have been taken over by large groups.

12% of French households have access to Internet, compared to 7% a year ago.
The number of "host" computers went up by 26% in the first six months of 2011.

On the stock market the number of individual shareholders intervening on the New Market has tripled in a year. 2000 was not a good year for the French stock exchange.
After having uninterruptedly risen for several years, the Paris stock exchange ended the year with a drop in values. Nevertheless, compared to the other big international stock markets, it didn't do too badly.

France is still the leading tourist destination in the world, and this sector generates over 180 billion euros in profits.

Population

Population :
58,847,000 inhabitants
Population density : 107 inhabitants per square kilometer
People living in towns : 75.24%

Age structure of the population :
Under 15 years old : 18.97%.
15 to 64 year olds : 65.55%.
Over 65 years old : 15.49%.

Life expectancy : 73.3 years for men, 81.9 years for women.

Population forecast for 2025 : 63.6 million people in France, which equals a variation of over 9% in 30 years.

Ethnic composition : a mixture of celtic and latin races with Germanic, Slav, African, Maghrebin, Indochinese, and Basque minorities.

Language
French is the official language.

Religion
There is freedom of worship, with the following beliefs :
Catholics 90%, Protestants 2%, Muslims 4% and Jews 1%.

Weights, measures and .voltages
Metric system for everything.
The electrical current is 220 volts, plugs are round pronged, with two or three prongs.

Money
The French Franc (until 18th February 2002) divided into 100 centimes
1 euro = 6.55957 FF
The rate was definitely fixed on 31st December 1998

Exchange regime : independent floating currency

The French Franc is a currency reference for 25 countries, 10 of which are under French authority and 15 independent countries, particularly in francophone Africa where the currency is the Franc CFA which is linked to the French Franc by a fixed parity.

The Euro
In
September 2001 the euros will arrive in the banks.
On the
1st December 2001 1.1 million kits, each with a value of 222 euros and containing 640 coins will be distributed to shopkeepers and the 15th December 2001 45 million kits will be available in the banks or at the Post Office for individuals.
Each kit contains 40 coins, worth 15.25 euros, which is equivalent to 100.03 euros and it will be sold for 100 euros.
1st January 2002 : the 37,000 automatic bank distributors in France will only give notes in euros ( 20 euro notes to start with = 131 euros ).
18th February 2002 : the franc will no longer be legal currency.

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