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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 1998. 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 2000, 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 2000.
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 francs 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
1 FF = 0.15245 euros
The rate was definitely fixed on 31st December
1998
1 US dollar = 7.20 FF (end March
2001)
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 francs and it will be
sold for 100 francs.
1st January
2002 : the
37,000 automatic bank distributors in France will
only give notes in euros ( 20 euro notes to start
with = 131 francs ).
18th
February
2002 : the
franc will no longer be legal currency.
Main
towns
Paris is the capital of France.
Other important towns in France are :
Lyon, Marseilles, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nice,
Nantes, Toulon, Grenoble, Strasbourg,
Rouen.
Regions
:
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
surface 12 414 km2, population 3 990 200
(departments : Nord,
Pas-de-Calais)
Arras
It used to be a weaving
centre and a cloth manufacturing town in the Middle
Ages, with a busy industrial sector and bustling
trade. In the 17th and 18th centuries several
prestigious monuments were built, which are still
there : the Grand'Place, the Place des
Héros, the Town Hall ...
Lille
A prosperous town which
first belonged to the counts of Flanders and then
to the dukes of Bourgogne, and became French in
1667 following a siege by Louis XIV.
In the 19th century it was extremely active in the
manufacture of wool and cotton.
To see : the Place du General de Gaulle, the Place
Rihour, the Place du Théâtre.
Dunkirk
Situated on the English
Channel, Dunkirk is the third biggest port in
France.
You can visit the port museum, the aquarium museum
and the Beaux Arts museum which contains several
beautiful works of art (Flemish, Dutch and French
schools), as well as a magnificent panel of Delft
tiles which represents the bombing of the port in
1695.
Picardy
surface 19 399 km2, population 1 855 900
(departments : Aisne, Oise,
Somme)
Amiens:
a prosperous town since the Middle Ages, known for
its velvets (12th century)
It was the capital of the region, but during the
Second World War, it was bombed and 60% was
destroyed. It has since been rebuilt.
Visit the cathedral of Notre Dame (145 x 70 m, 43
meters high) the biggest in France.
Haute
Normandy
surface 12 318 km2, population 1 780 192
(departments : Eure,
Seine-Maritime)
Dieppe
Situated on the English
Channel, it was prosperous during the Middle Ages,
but then was overtaken by Le Havre.
It has quays dating from Henry IV and Dusquesne,
the Saint Jacques Church (13th-16th centuries), the
Saint Remy church (16th - 17th centuries) and a
15th century castle.
Dieppe was where the landings took place on 19th
August 1942 and where the 15,000 English and
Canadians tried to land on a 25km long stretch of
beach.
Basse
Normandy
surface 17 589 km2, population 1 420 600
(departments : Calvados, Manche,
Orne)
Alençon
It has been a
lace-making centre since the 16th century. In 1665
the Alençon factory perfected a stitch
created by Madame de la Perrière.
The river Sarthe crosses the town, which has some
very beautiful buildings : the Notre Dame church
with its 16th century porch, and the St Leonard
which is gothic and the Town Hall.
Caen
(capital of
Basse-Normandy)
Destroyed during the war in 1944, it has been
nearly totally rebuilt. There are still however
some ancient parts amongst which is a 12th century
castle and dungeon as well as the beautiful St
Etienne church (in Norman style, with an 11th
century facade, towers and apse from the 13th
century, and a walking gallery within its
walls).
Champagne
Ardenne
surface 25 606 km2, population 1 341 400
(departments : Ardennes, Aube, Marne,
Haute-Marne)
Reims
Reims was where Clovis
was baptised in 496, he was the founder of the
Frankish dynasty. Charles VII was also crowned
here. To visit : the place Drouet d'Erlon,
surrounded by pedestrian streets, and full of
cafés, restaurants, cinemas and shopping
malls, the cathedral, the ancient abbey ...
Lorraine
surface 23 547 km2, population 2 308 100
(departments : Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle,
Vosges)
Nancy
The Dukes of Lorraine
made it their capital as it is the geographical
centre of the region.
The centre of Nancy is a beautiful architectural
ensemble dating from the 18th century, created by
the architect Héré, the sculptor
Guibal who made the fountains, and the ironmonger
Jean Lamour who made the iron railings.
Metz
Situated on the edge of
the industrial basin of Thionville, Metz is a large
commercial metropole. There is a university there,
as well as a very beautiful theatre, museums, and
an archbishop's palace which was started in 1785,
but never finished.
Alsace
surface 8 280 km2, population 1 720 800
(departments : Bas-Rhin,
Haut-Rhin)
Colmar
It is the town which is
the emblem of Alsace, with its 64,900 inhabitants
and its pedestrial streets.
It is also the local capital of wine-making, its
most prosperous period was in the 16th century. It
has belonged to France since the treaty of
Westphalia in 1648 and resisted the German armies
between 1870 and 1918. There are beautiful museums
and half-timbered houses.
Strasbourg
Nowadays an
international metropole, although at the same time
an ancient town with its own provincial charm,
managing to harmonise the past and the present. The
Palace of Europe holds the Council of Europe and
the European Parliament. To visit : the Place
Kleber, the place Gutenberg and the Chamber of
Commerce, in Renaissance style, the rue
Mercière and its half-timbered houses and
Notre Dame cathedral...
Brittany
surface 27 209 km2, population 2 902 600
(departments : Côtes-d'Armor,
Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine,
Morbihan)
Saint
Malo was nearly totally
destroyed by the War and entirely rebuilt
absolutely identically - each stone had been
numbered. It has the same atmosphere as before and
the same pureness in its architecture (Flaubert
called it "this crown of stone posed on the
waves").
It was prosperous in the 17th and 18th centuries
and is once again. The town's historical museum is
in the castle. The 'Renard' (the Fox), an identical
replica of Surcouf's pirate ship, is anchored at
the base of the ramparts which go all around the
historical centre of the town.
Pays de
la Loire
surface 32 082 km2, population 3 222 000
(departments : Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire,
Mayenne, Sarthe,
Vendée)
Nantes
was the residence of the Dukes of Brittany . There
is a cathedral, a castle, towers, and along the
river Loire the townhouses dating from the 17th and
18th centuries bear witness to the prosperity of
Nantes, when, together with Bordeaux it was the
capital of the triangular trade.
It is the biggest town in the west of Franceand has
a typical Breton character. According to a study
made by the INSEE concerning the demographic
evolution of the bigger towns in France, Nantes
which has grown by 10.3% has developed the most.
This results partly from the delocalization of
several major administrative centres and private
organizations to Nantes, but it also comes from the
efficiency of the changes made in the town, from an
economy dominated by industry to one which is
mainly tertiary.
One of its biggest recent successes has been the
installation of the tramway.
To visit : the Lieu Unique : a cultural centre
where you can find theatre, music, exhibitions,
bookshop, cinema, dance .. and also a bar and a
restaurant.
Centre
surface 39 151 km2, population 2 437 000
(departments : Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre,
Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et Cher, Loiret)
Chartres,
capital of the Beauce, is famous for its Gothic
cathedral (1194-1225, 12th century facade ). A
medieval town surrounds it and lower down the town
stretches down and over the river Eure. To visit :
the cathedral, the high town and the low town. It
is said that the purest French is spoken in this
area.
Bourgogne
surface 31 582, population 1 609 500
(departments : Côte-d'Or, Nièvre,
Saône-et-Loire,
Yonne)
Dijon
was chosen as capital of the region by the Grand
Dukes. It has kept the elegance and charm of a
parliamentary town. To visit : the rue des Forges,
the place de la Liberation, the central court of
the palace of the Dukes and the States of
Bourgogne, the Beaux Arts museum, the Notre Dame
church, the Natural History Museum and the ancient
Carthusian convent, where the Dukes are buried.
Franche-Comté
surface 16 202 km2, population 1 117 000
(departments : Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône,
Territoire de
Belfort)
Besançon,
a clock making town (silent quartz, precision
mechanism) since the 17th century. Two centuries
later, the yearly production is 300,000 pieces. The
Franche-Comté has given its name to the
clock « the Comtoise ».
In this town, which has been the Comptois capital
since 1678, there are numerous town houses, giving
the town an air of elegance and nobility. Victor
Hugo was born here in 1802. It was one of the first
towns to arrange its traffic giving priority to
pedestrians and public transport. To visit : the
Grande Rue, the Beaux Arts and archeological
museum, the Saint Pierre church, the Granvelle
palace, the place Victor Hugo ...
Poitou-Charentes
surface 25 809 km2, population 1 637 200
(departments : Charente, Charente-Maritime,
Deux-Sèvres,
Vienne)
Poitiers
is on a plateau which is nearly an island, being
surrounded by the Clain and the Boivre which meet
under it. The ancient political, religious and
university capital of Poitou has remained, in its
architecture and its monuments, one of the most
interesting towns in France. To visit : the Place
Marechal Leclerc, the rue Gambetta, the Notre Dame
la Grande church, the Saint Croix museum ...
Limousin
surface 16 942 km2, population 710 000
(departments : Corrèze, Creuse,
Haute-Vienne)
Limoges
The porcelaine of
Limoges is known worldwide.
To visit : the Adrien Dubouché museum with
its splendid collection of 10,000 pieces of ceramic
coming from every where in the world. Also the
Orsay garden, remains of Roman arenas, the
cathedral, the St Martial crypt, the rue de la
Boucherie, where there are several half timbered
houses...
Auvergne
surface 29 013 km2, population 1 308 656
(departments : Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire,
Puy-de-Dôme)
Clermont Ferrand is an
industrial centre where tourists come to take the
waters in the surrounding areas. Auvergne is known
for its volcanoes and its thermal waters
(Volvic).
Rhône-Alpes
surface 43 698 km2, population 5 645 847
(departments : Ain, Ardèche, Drôme,
Isère, Loire, Rhône, Savoie,
Haute-Savoie)
Grenoble
where Stendhal was born, is an important
scientific, technical and cultural centre. To visit
: the beautiful museum in a 17th century
convent.
Lyon,
a mysterious town, which is run through with
'traboules', passages going from one street to
another through the houses. The centre of the town
is on the Presqu'île, the rue de la
Republique is the central artery and the place
Bellecour has influenced town building since the
17th century. You can see the vestiges of the
medieval and the renaissance town on the right bank
of the Saone in Old Lyon. Lyon is proud to have the
biggest urban centre which has been classified as a
historical treasure by Unesco, bigger than Prague,
Venice or Saint Petersburg. Lyon is a respectable
and a respected city, it was an important religious
centre and had a flourishing trade (particularly in
silk). Two rivers cross Lyon, the Saone and the
Rhone. There is a big industrial suburb, where two
thirds of the population live.
Lyon is not only a beautiful town, but is also the
French capital of gastronomy.
To visit : the Beaux Arts museum, the printing
museum, the Tissus museum (materials).
Aquitaine
surface 41 309 km2, population 2 908 350
(departments : Dordogne, Gironde, Landes,
Lot-et-Garonne,
Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Bordeaux,
maritime and river port, on the Garonne. The
history of Bordeaux is first Roman, then English.
In 1152 Eleanor of Aquitaine divorced Louis VII and
soon afterwards married Henry Plantagenet. The
latter became King of England in 1154 and
integrated Bordeaux into his kingdom which
stretched from Scotland to the Pyrenees. From then
on trade flourished and Bordeaux was filled with a
wave of English immigrants, most of whom traded in
wine. In the 18th century an audacious urban plan
was created. The Grand Theatre of Bordeaux, which
was inaugurated on 7th April 1780, is considered as
one of the most beautiful theatres in the world.
Other beautiful monuments include the Gallien
palace, an ancient Roman amphitheatre, the
Montaigne school, an ancient Jesuit college with a
facade dating from the 17th and 19th centuries, the
stock exchange, designed by the architect Gabriel,
recently renovated. The rue Notre-Dame in the
Chartrons area is very pleasant and animated during
the week-ends. There are several terraces on the
squares which have been renovated, particularly on
Parliament square.
Midi-Pyrénées
surface 45 348 km2, population 2 548 500
(departments : Ariège, Aveyron,
Haute-Garonne, Gers, Lot,
Hautes-Pyénées, Tarn,
Tarn-et-Garonne)
Toulouse,
a pleasant, brightly coloured town in all different
shades of pink. It is the fourth biggest town in
France. It has always been an intellectual and
artistic centre and is now the aeronautical centre
of Europe.
It was developed in the Roman period and occupied
by the Visigoths, there are vestiges from the
Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
The Capitole, the ancient seat of the Assembly of
municipal magistrates, the Capitouls, today
contains the Town Hall and one of the best known
Opera Houses in France.
With 74,000 students for 390,000 inhabitants,
Toulouse is one of the youngest towns in
France.
Languedoc-Roussillon
surface 27 375 km2, population 2 293 400
(departments : Aude, Gard, Hérault,
Lozère,
Pyrénées-Orientales)
Carcassonne,
situated on the left bank of the Aude is a medieval
city, with a rich historical ambiance. The city is
the biggest fortress in Europe, with 1.1 km of
internal walls and 1.5 kms of external walls. It
was totally restored during the 19th century.
Montpellier
was originally a stop-over for pilgrims going from
Arles to Saint Jaques de Compostella in Spain.
As it is on the coast it became a trading centre
and in the 12th century started to develope its
famous school of medicine. In the 19th century it
concentrated on wine growing, but this failed in
the 20th century. Montpellier's interest resides in
the fact that its futuristic centres : Polygone
(built in the 70s) Antigone (in the 80s and 90s)
and nowadays Port-Marianne, are a vital extension
of the old centre, the Ecusson district. The first
tram line was put into use in the summer of
2000.
Provence-Alpes-Côte
d’Azur
surface 31 400 km2, population 4 506 151
(departments : Alpes-de-Haute-Provence,
Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes,
Bouches-du-Rhône, Var,
Vauclause)
Aix-en-Provence In the
17th and 18th centuries Aix, up till then a
medieval town, had magnificent townhouses built by
the aristocrats who came to live there. The
architecture, combined with the pleasant squares,
fountains, as well as the climate have made it a
popular tourist centre. It was the birth place and
home of Cezanne, with a famous yearly music
festival. It is a cultural and university centre
and the regional court of justice sits there.
Avignon
is visited by millions
of tourists each year to see its famous bridge and
the papal palace built when Pope Clement V
transfered the papal court from Rome to Avignon in
1309.The Palais des Papes is the biggest medieval
palace-fortress in Europe. Avignon is a cultural
centre, full of life, with pleasant restaurants,
sunny squares and old narrow streets full of
ambiance. To visit : from the Dom rock, backed by
the ramparts you get a wonderful view from the
garden over the Saint Benezet bridge and the old
part of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, the Palais
des Papes, the museum of the Petit Palais, the
Calvet museum, the Angladon museum ...
Marseilles,
dominated by the
familiar silhouette of Notre Dame de la Garde, the
Phocean city on the edge of the Mediterranean has
been an important commercial centre between Asia
and Europe for centuries.
Marseilles is going through an important period of
renovation, changing its image from the old crime
ridden town to a modern young city full of projects
and activities. The centre of town, with the
Canebiere, is being cleaned up, the docks have been
restored, new companies and start-ups are setting
up regularly. The arrival of the TGV line (high
speed train) in June 2001 will link Paris to
Marseilles in less than three hours.
To visit : the history museum, the Old Port, the St
Victor basilica, the Panier which is the oldest
part of the town...
Nice
In the narrow streets of old Nice there is a
perfume of Italy, a souvenir of centuries of
transpalpine influence before the town was
definitely attached to France in 1860. Nice is the
promenade des Anglais, the flower market and the
old town. From 1929 to 1977 the Palais de la
Mediterranee was one of the most famous casinos in
the world. From Matisse to Chagall, Arman to Cesar,
many artists have been attracted by the exceptional
light which bathes the town.
Corsica
surface 8 680 km2, population 256 000
(departments : Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse)
Ajaccio
Red
tiles and facades in different shades of
terracotta, the old imperial city hasn't changed
much since Napoleon's childhood there. Above the
roofs however, rise up tall white buildings in the
new areas of town. To visit : the Place Marechal
Foch, with its palm trees, fountain and restaurant
terraces, two steps away from the quay, the Town
Hall which contains the Napoleon museum, the
market, the Fesch palace and the Fesch museum, the
cathedral and the Bonaparte house.
Calvi
An old citadelle worn away by time, nearly
deserted, a marina overflowing with life in summer,
Calvi is a mixture of the past and the present. The
sea, palm trees, a huge beach edged with parasol
pine trees, with the Cinto mountains in the
background, covered in snow nearly up till the
summer. Calvi is one of the most popular sea
resorts in Corsica. To visit : the Marine, the
traditional promenade in Calvi, the citadelle, the
St Jean the Baptist church ...
Guadeloupe
population 422 496
Pointe-à-Pitre
Guadeloupe is an archipelego where the main island
is divided in two : Grande-Terre, curiously the
smaller and lower of the two, is the most animated
with its market in Point-à-Pitre, the
capital, and its numerous villages in between
sugarcane fields. The other part, Basse-Terre, is
covered in volcanoes and forests.
Martinique
surface 1 100 km2, population 381 427
Fort-de-France
The
capital, rather insignificant in itself, gets its
colours from the animation in its streets and
markets. On the island the village houses are
brightly painted and the countryside is amazingly
varied for such a small territory. In the
mountainous north there are tropical forests :
giant trees, ferns, bamboos, waterfalls ... The sea
on the Atlantic side of the island is rough, but on
the Caribean side it is blue and calm lapping on
sandy beaches edged with coconut trees.
Guyane
population 157 213
Cayenne
Réunion
population 706 300
Saint-Denis
the
capital, is protected by a battery of cannons : in
the 19th century an artificial port was built in
Saint Denis, the "Barachois", on which is set a
copy of an ancient battery. The rue de Paris is a
row of old Creole houses. To visit : the governer's
house, the ancient seat of the Company of the
Indies, Place Leconte de Lisle, the big handicraft
market and the little market.
Reunion offers a multitude of tropical landscapes,
from the waves on the shores of the Indian Ocean to
the peaks of its mountains. It accomodates a
mixture of races, the people of Reunion are all
immigrants : inhabited since its discovery at the
beginning of the 16th century, the island has been
peopled with a constant influx of Europeans,
Africans, Indians from the south and the north,
Chinese and Comorians. The halfcastes, born from
the first settlers and their black slaves make up
about a third of the
population.
Climate
The climate in France is
temperate on the whole, without any extremes.
France has a great diversity of climates, being
exposed at the same time to continental, oceanic
and Mediterranean influences:
In the west the climate is oceanic. Frequent rain
falls all year round but it is rarely very heavy.
Winters are mild and wet, especially on the coast
in Britanny, Cotentin and the Basque country.
Summers are quite cool. While the sky is often grey
in the area of the North Sea and on the coast, it
is quite sunny around the Arcachon basin as well as
in the zone of the Loire estuary (Nantes).
Some islands in Britanny, particularly Brehat off
Paimpol, or Belle-Ile to the south of Quiberon,
enjoy a micro-climate which is relatively milder,
dryer and sunnier than on the continent (palm
trees, fig trees and mimosa grow unprotected).
The temperature of the Atlantic Ocean is never very
warm : it can go up to 17°C in June and
20° in August. On the southern coast of
Brittany it is usually 2° lower and on the
coast of the English Channel in Saint Malo the sea
temperature is 15° and 18° in June and
August respectively.
In the central regions, like the Parisian basin,
the Val de Loire, the Nivernais, Champagne, etc,
the seasons are very varied : the winters are cold
and the summers are hot. There is less rainfall
than on the Atlantic coast. The coldest winters
have however been recorded in the north-east of
France (not counting the mountain areas). Spring
and autumn are short, and if summers can be hot and
sometimes stormy, the evenings tend to still be
very cool.
The mountains : Winters are cold in the Alps, the
Pyrenees, the Massif Central, the Vosges and the
Jura and the summers are hot and stormy. There is
an enomous difference in the day and night time
temperatures.
In some departments like the Jura and the Doubs
record low temperatures have been noted. At an
altitude there is more fog in summer than in
winter.
Best
times to visit the country :
The best period to
visit most of France is June, July and August.
We don't advise visiting between November and
April, unless you are intending to go on a skiing
holiday. In the south the weather is usually very
pleasant from the end of April to the end of
September.
Average
Temperatures (max/min) :
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Jan.
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Feb.
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Mar.
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April
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May
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June
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July
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Aug.
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Sept
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Oct.
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Nov.
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Dec.
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Ajaccio
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13/4
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14/4
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15/5
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17/7
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21/10
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25/14
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27/16
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28/16
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25/14
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22/11
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17/7
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14/5
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Bordeaux
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9/2
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11/3
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14/4
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16/6
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20/9
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23/12
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24/14
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24/14
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23/12
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18/9
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13/5
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10/3
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Brest
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9/4
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9/4
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11/5
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12/6
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15/8
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18/10
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20/12
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20/13
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18/11
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15/9
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11/6
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10/5
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Lille
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5/0
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6/0
|
10/2
|
13/4
|
17/8
|
20/10
|
22/12
|
22/12
|
19/10
|
15/7
|
9/3
|
6/1
|
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Limoges
|
7/0
|
9/0
|
12/2
|
15/4
|
19/7
|
22/10
|
24/12
|
24/12
|
21/9
|
17/6
|
11/3
|
8/1
|
|
Lyon
|
6/0
|
8/1
|
12/3
|
15/5
|
20/9
|
23/13
|
26/15
|
25/14
|
22/12
|
16/8
|
10/3
|
6/1
|
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Nancy
|
4/-2
|
6/-1
|
10/1
|
14/3
|
18/7
|
22/11
|
23/12
|
23/12
|
20/9
|
15/6
|
8/2
|
5/0
|
|
Nice
|
12/5
|
13/5
|
14/7
|
17/9
|
20/13
|
23/16
|
26/19
|
26/19
|
24/16
|
20/13
|
16/8
|
14/6
|
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Paris
|
6/2
|
8/2
|
11/4
|
15/7
|
19/10
|
22/13
|
24/15
|
23/15
|
21/12
|
16/9
|
10/5
|
7/3
|
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Perpignan
|
12/4
|
13/5
|
15/7
|
18/9
|
22/13
|
26/16
|
29/19
|
28/18
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25/16
|
20/12
|
15/7
|
13/5
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Insects
and animals
Wolves :
in the Gévaudan park, near the village of
Sainte-Lucie in Lozère
Przewalski horses (originally from Mongolia): at
1000m altitude on the Méjean limestone
plateau in Lozère
Vultures : which had disappeared for 50 years,
there are now over 200 in the gorges of the
Jonte
European bison : they had disappeared from France,
now there are 40 bisons near the village Sainte
Eulalie in Lozère.
Wild boar, deer, birds like the crested grebe and
the heron....
There are white horses, black bulls and pink
flamingoes in the Camargues in the south - and lots
of mosquitoes (but no risk of malaria).
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