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French Republic
Republique Francaise
Helpful France Information Website:
Capital: Paris
Population: 59,551,227
Land Area: 545,630 sq km
Highest Point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining
regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian,
Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
Ethnic Groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese,
Basque minorities
Currency: € Euro (EUR) Public Holidays CAPITAL CITY: Paris (metro population - 10,150,000)
latitude/longitude (48° 52'N, 2° 20'E)
MAJOR CITIES (by population) Marseille, Lyon,
Toulouse, Nice, Strasbourg, Nantes, Bordeaux
LANGUAGES:
French (official), and a few minor dialects
OFFICIAL CURRENCY: the Euro
effective 01/01/02 (details here)
RELIGIONS: Catholic (major), others
HIGHEST POINT:(also highest point in Europe outside of Russia:
Mont Blanc (France) 4,807 meters
(or about 15800 feet) above sea level.
 FACT: The quickest uptake of the Euro in the first
month of the change-over in January 2002 was Holland. The slowest was
Italy.
- There are 11 public holidays when banks, public services,
shops and most offices are closed, except in resorts.
- They are : 1st January, Easter Monday, 1st and 8th May,
Ascension Day (in May), Whit Monday (in May), 14th July, 15th
August, 1st and 11th November, 25th December
Telephone
- To dial France from abroad : dial 33 then the 9 digit number eg :
Tourist Office Chamonix - 0033 4 50 53 00 24
- Within France : dial the 10 digit number of the person you are calling. eg
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Tourist Office Chamonix - 04 50 53 00 24 Electricity: 220 volts
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