Informacion De Francia

MUN Delegate Country Research Organizer

Your Assigned Country: France

1.   Physical Size (square     km – ranking): 551,500 sq km

2.   Location and neighbors: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km

a) Major resources in the area: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash,feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish

b) Major problems in the area: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean

3. Population (by age groups if possible):
0-14 years: 18.5% (male 6,180,905/female 5,886,849)
15-64 years: 64.7% (male 21,082,175/female 21,045,867)
65 years and over: 16.8% (male 4,578,089/female 6,328,834)

4.Population density: 289 per sq mi

5. Population growth rate, life expectancy: 0.5%, 81.19 years

6. Language(s): French (official) 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

7. Religions(s), percentages, issues: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%

8. History:
1.early: The Carthaginians, Greeks and Romans established their colonies on the coast of Mediterranean Sea and its offshore islands. The medieval Kingdom of France came out of the western region of the Carolingian Empire, ruled by Charlemagne and gained importance under the rule of the House of Capet, a foundation of Hugh Capet in the year 987.   


2. recent: No official date of independence:486 (Frankish tribes unified under Merovingian kingship); 10 August 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire); 14 July 1789 (French monarchy overthrown); 22 September 1792 (First French Republic founded); 4 October 1958 (Fifth French Republic established)

8. Important people: (writers, poets, artists, politicians, inventors, etc.) Include short quotes ifpossible. Napoléon Bonaparte, Gustave Eiffel, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Jean Monnet.

9. Form of government: republic

10. Government leaders and parties: Democratic Movement or MoDem [Francois BAYROU] (previously Union for French Democracy or UDF); French Communist Party or PCF [Pierre LAURENT]; Greens [Cecile DUFLOT]; Left Party or PG [Jean-Luc MELENCHON]; Left Radical Party or PRG [Jean-MichelBAYLET] (previously Radical Socialist Party or PRS and the Left Radical Movement or MRG); Movement for France or MPF [Philippe DE VILLIERS]; National Front or FN [Jean-Marie LE PEN]; New Anticapitalist Party or NPA [Olivier BESANCENOT]; New Center or NC [Herve MORIN]; Radical Party [Jean-Louis BORLOO]; Rally for France or RPF [Charles PASQUA]; Republican and Citizen Movement or MRC [Jean PierreCHEVENEMENT]; Socialist Party or PS [Martine AUBRY]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP [Jean-Francois COPE]; Worker's Struggle or LO [Nathalie ARTHAUD]

11. Economic system: circle – capitalism, socialism, communism, other
if other explain: ____________________________________________________

12. Type of economy: circle – agricultural, industrial, diversified, other
if other explain:____________________________________________________

13: Gross National Product and average income: 1.543 Billion US Dollars/ 26,000

14. Natural Resources: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish


15. Imports – amount, items & countries of origin: Machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals/ $590.5billion/ Germany 19.3%, Belgium 11.4%, Italy 8%, Netherlands 7.5%, Spain 6.8%, China 5.1%, UK 5%


16. Exports – amount, item & countries of destination: Machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages/ $517.3 billion/ Germany 16.4%, Italy 8.2%, Belgium 7.7%, Spain 7.6%, UK 6.8%, US 5.1%, Netherlands 4.2%


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