LEARNING RESOURCES
Encarta Language Learning
Currency
Converter
FreeTranslation.com (not very grammatically
accurate.)
French Language Course
First Year French Resources
Verb Conjugation
English-French Online Dictionary
QUICK FACTS
Population: 59,329,691 (July 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 1%, unaffiliated 6%
Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
Administrative divisions: 22 regions (regions, singular -
region); Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Bretagne, Centre,
Champagne-Ardenne, Corse, Franche-Comte, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France,
Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la
Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes
note: metropolitan France is divided into 22 regions (including the
"territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and is subdivided into 96
departments; see separate entries for the overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe,
Martinique, Reunion) and the overseas territorial collectivities (Mayotte, Saint Pierre
and Miquelon)
Dependent areas: Bassas da India, Clipperton Island, Europa
Island, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands, Juan de
Nova Island, New Caledonia, Tromelin Island, Wallis and Futuna
note: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica
Government type: republic
Capital: Paris
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