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| GENERAL
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Official
Name: French Republic
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Area:
550,000 km2 |
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Population:
60 186 184 (1999) |
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Capital:
Paris |
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Official
Languages: French
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Religion:
Christianity, Islam (2nd religion) |
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| INSITUTIONS: |
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Government
Type: Republic /
Democratic Parliamentary |
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President
of the Republic:
Jacques Chirac, since May
17, 1995, reelected on May
5, 2002, for a five-year term. |
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Political
Parties: Union
for a Popular Movement (President
: Alain Juppe), Socialist
Party (Chief Secretary :
François Hollande),
Union for French Democracy
(President : François
Bayrou), Citizen and Republican
Movement (President of honor:
Jean-Pierre Chevenement),
National Front (President
: Jean-Marie Le Pen), French
Communist Party (National
Secretary: Marie-George
Buffet) Greens (Spokesperson:
Noël Mamere)
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| ECONOMIC
INDICATORS: |
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GDP: 1,521 billion
Euros (2002) |
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GDP Composition:
Agriculture 3%, Industry : 26%, Services
: 71% |
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GDP per capita:
23,170 euros |
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Growth rate:
2.3% (2002) |
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Currency: Euro |
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Human development
Indicator: 15th |
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