Capital
Paris
Total Area
total: 547,030 sq km
land: 545,630 sq km
water: 1,400 sq km
note: includes only metropolitan France; excludes the overseas administrative divisions
Population
60,656,178 (July 2005 est.)
Languages
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1980 est.)
Religions
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
Life Expectancy
total population: 79.6 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 83.42 years (2005 est.)
Government Type
republic
Currency
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries

GDP (per capita)
purchasing power parity - $28,700 (2004 est.)
Labour Force
27.7 million (2004 est.)
Exports
$419 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports
$419.7 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Natural Resorces
coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorospar, gypsum, timber, fish
Telephones (main lines in use)
33,905,400 (2003)
Telephones (mobile cellular)
41,683,100 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet hosts: 2,396,761 (2004)
Internet users: 21.9 million (2003)
France Time Zone = CET
French Currency = Euro
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