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= **__ Geographical profile/Political information- ﻿ __** = France is located in Europe near the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Absolute location of France is 46 degrees 13’ N / 2 degrees 12’ E. Distance from France to Lancaster PA, IS 3779 miles. France is one of the biggest countries in Europe the rest are smaller compared to France. In France there are three types of climate change. One is oceanic, which has cool summers and cold winters. The other is continental, is found in the eastern part and central part of France, this has warmer summers and colder winters. The last one is Mediterranean, this has cool winters and hot summers and limited rainfalls. Some major physical features are the Alps, this soars up to 13,000 feet crowned the highest peak. Other places are the mountains, towns, and medieval buildings. Breakfast in France consist of breads, pastries such as croissants and crepes or fruits. For lunch they have bread for the midday meal, its sliced and filled with cheese and or meat most common ham. Dinner time usually starts off with raw vegetables or salad followed by potatoes, pasta or rice. Cheese or dessert follows the main meal and wine is also served. After that coffee is served to finish the meal. Traditions in France are that puppet shows are commonly shown on Christmas eve very late at night. Foods they cook for Christmas are Turkey, Capon, goose, chicken, and white pudding. Tradition in France is no church bells are rung on the Thursday before Good Friday and remain silent for several days until Easter Sunday. Instead of eggs left by the Easter bunny French believe that Flying Bells leave on the Thursday before Good Friday taking with them grief and misery of mourners of Christ crucifixion. Everybody gets a five week holiday. August has been a traditional holiday month in France. Some of the major cities are, Marseilles, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg, Montpellier, and Bordeaux. The capital of France is Paris. France has an extremely uniform and centralized administration. France is govern under the 1958 constitution. The current head of state in France is Nicolas Sarkozy.  = **__Enocomic Information__**- = Frances Natural resourses are coal, iron ores, bauxite, and uraniunm. The U.S dollar is 0.69858 in euros is 1.43147. 730,000 farms, approximatlely 7% of the workforce is employed in agricultrual or similar sectors such as fishing or forestry. When all people engaged in agriculture-related activities (including the processing of agricultural goods, for example) are considered, the percentage of the population engaged in agricultural production is much larger. The top producers are sugar beets, wine, milk, beef, and veal, cereal and oilseed. Machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism perfume, car parts, agriculture are the industries that France is involved in. France’s imports totaled up to $532.2 billion in 2010 declining from $692 billion in 2008. France main import commodities are: inery and equipment, · Vehicles and Aircraft oil · Plastics and Chemicals To main import partners Germany (17.9%), Belgium (11.7%), Italy (8.3%), Spain (6.9%), Netherlands (6.8%), UK (5.1%), US (4.3%). In 2010, France’s exports totaled $456.8 billion including:  · machinery and transportation equipment and aircraft, plastic chemicals and pharmaceutical products, · iron and steel, and Beverages.  · bges To export trading partner Germany (14.3%), Italy (8.7%),Spain (8.3%), UK (7.8%), Belgium (7.6%), US (5.8%). The GDP in France is $2.649 trillion. The GDP per capita is $41,051. The ranking for the HDI would be the 14th ranking and the HDI would be 0.872. The unemployment rate in France is 9.5%.

= ﻿ **__ Population Information -__** = Population of France is 62,616.488. The population density per square mile is 289. Age distribution : **Age structure: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">0-14 years: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">18.5% (male 6,180,905/female 5,886,849) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">**15-64 years:** 64.7% (male 21,082,175/female 21,045,867) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">**65 years and over:** 16.8% (male 4,578,089/female 6,328,834) (2011 est.) <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 170%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The natural Rate Of Increase is .4. It takes 175 years to double in size. Other countries have a steady increase in population. The Literacy Rate in France is 99% for male and female. Infant mortality rate in France is 3.2. Life expectancy is 81.1. The physical Quality of Life index for France are for infant mortality 102, Life expectancy is 81.1. Literacy rate, infant mortality, and life expectancy is 102.106. Religion: Roman Catholic 85% (est.), Muslim 10% (est.), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%. Language: French. Main Language is French. = **__Human Rights-__** = <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">France is a multiparty constitutional democracy. There are some major human rights issues affecting this country. <span style="color: #252525; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Overcrowded and dilapidated prisons, lengthy pretrial detention, protracted investigation and trial proceedings, restrictions on religious wear in public institutions, anti-Semitic incidents, discrimination against Muslims, societal hostility towards immigrants and Roma including "Travelers," societal violence against women, child abuse and child marriage, and trafficking in persons. One of the major groups affected by human rights issues were prisoners. They were treated less human because of overcrowding to change this they open up seven new prisons, and want to have a capacity of 80,000 beds by 2017. There is less time spent in isolative special punishment cells and greater parole opportunities for inmates. One woman in three has been raped or abused at least once in her life. **Women’**s rights are key priority in <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">France. France has been highly active in combating all forms of violence against women (sexual violence, domestic violence, and female genital mutilation, inhuman or degrading treatment) and in promoting gender equality. France actively defends and promotes women’s rights. France proposed the implementation of a new mechanism in laws and practices that discriminate against women at the Human Rights Counsel to supplement existing mechanisms. **Children** are being abused in France. There have been reports of priest, gangs and there have been major court cases on this. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A campaign has been launched aimed at raising awareness about child abuse and in particular encouraging children who suffer from it to speak up and get help. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> France participates <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">in the One in Five Campaigns to stop sexual violence against children. France is under fire over its treatment of **prisoners**. There have been reports of police torture, poor conditions for the prisoners which include overcrowding and unhygienic conditions. **Immigrants** also experience human rights issues. They live in deprived conditions, with their children, there have also been complaints about being humiliated and abused at the hand of the police. There have been anonymous accounts by five former police officers who admitted to witnessing, and in two cases taking part in, the mistreatment and torture of suspected militants.

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 * <span style="color: #252525; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">There are many environmental issues <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> in France. The first one is that the coastal spaces are in very fragile balance. Cleaner refuse, heavy metals, hydrocarbons have durably damaged the fauna and the flora (seaweeds, shells, birds), as well as the oyster farming. More than half the coasts have already been urbanized. Wild coasts are gradually disappearing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">The second is that is water is a limited resource: on a regular basis. France hardly consumes a quarter of the water resources that can be mobilized. Drought periods raise great supply problems, but mainly increase pollution. Agriculture is the greatest water consumer. There has been an increase in irrigation systems, but also in ground water pumping systems. However, massive fertilizer and liquid manure uses are polluting a great deal of the underground waters with nitrates. Another large user of water is the E.D.F, for the nuclear power stations.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">French forest produces only three fourths of their wooden needs. However, it suffers great threats such as acid rains, fires and the diseases.

=**__<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Why France would be a nice place to relocate to __**= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;">I think France would be a nice place to relocate to because it is a place I have never visited. Seeing the Alps, which soar up to 13,000 feet, is interesting to me because it might be a place for me to try hiking. The medieval buildings would be an interesting place to see in person and to find out the history about them. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;">The Mediterranean climate would be a nicer place to live in because it has cool winters and hot summers. I enjoy the warmer weather better than the colder weather. Since the winters are not as cold in France, it would be a more enjoyable place for me to live. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Another reason I would want to relocate to France is because of the possibilities of jobs such as tourisms, aircrafts, and perfume industry. 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