France's capital is Paris. The current president is Francois Hollande. Common stereotypes of French people include that they are lazy, always on strike, wear berets, eat baguettes and cheese, and drink a lot of wine. However, these stereotypes are often untrue. France has a population of over 65 million people and its economy is focused on industries like wine, automobiles, and cosmetics. Major cultural sites include the Louvre Museum and Eiffel Tower.

1. FRANCE

2. What do you know about
France ?
• Who is the president?
• How do you say “Hello” in french?
• Have you ever been to France?
• What are the clichés about the
french people in your country?

3. BONJOUR
François
Hollande

4. Video

5. The Real stereotypes
NEVER SATISFIED
ALWAYS IN STRIKE
LAZY
WEAR BERET
(only old persons)
EAT BAGUETTE
AND CHEESE
DRINK A LOT OF
WINE
WE DON’T LEAVE
ALL IN PARIS
NO MORE ROMANTIC
THAN OTHERS

6. What do you have to know
about FRANCE?
• Capital : PARIS
• Language : Français
• Political system : Republic
• National anthem : Marseillaise
• National Motto : Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
• Population : 65 586 000 inhabitants in 2013
• Currency : Euro
• GDP : 1,907 billion Euros (5th in the world)

7. Geography
• One of the biggest
country of the UE
• Marked out by : the North
Sea, the Channel, the
Atlantic ocean, and the
Mediterranean sea
• Marked out by : Belgium,
Luxembourg, Germany,
Switzerland, Italy, Spain,
Andorra
• Has a lot of islands all
over the world

9. 27
regions
(Guadeloupe, Martinique
, Guyane, Réunion, Mayot
te = regions overseas)

10. History
• 496 : Clovis corronation,
beginning of the
monarchist era
• 1589 : Borbons era with
Henri IV
• XVII century : apogée of
the absolute monarchy
with Louis XIV
• XVIII century : Age of
Enlightenments
(Diderot, Montesquieu,
Voltaire)

11. • 1789 : French
revolution (14 July =
storming of the Bastille
= Public holiday)
• 1792 : First Republic
• 1804 : Napoleon
established an imperial
power
• 1870 : End of the second
empire and return of
the republic

12. • 1914-18 : First World
War, victorious France
but in ruins
• 1939-45 : Second
World
War, collaboration
with the Nazi
Germany
• Until the 1960’s : wars
of independence and
decolonisation
(Algeria)
• 1958 : proclamation
of the 5th republic

13. Economy
•Wine

14. •Automobile

15. •Cosmetics

16. Famous people
Zinedine Zidane Claude François David Guetta Marion Cotillard

17. Important cultural places
Le Louvre

18. Tour Eiffel

19. Disneyland Paris

20. Festival of Cannes

21. Raclette
Boeuf
bourguignon
Ratatouille
Foie gras
Cuisine

22. Immigration
• In 2012, it represents 11,1% of the french population
of which 7,8% is not from the UE
• Origins from : UE (34%), Maghreb (30%), Asia (14%),
Sub-Saharan Africa (11%)
• Portugal, Algeria, Morocco are the main birth
countries of the immigrants

23. Homosexual wedding
• Since 2012, government bill
• Intense debate
• Survey of the French : 66% FOR, but only 47% for the
adoption of the homosexual couples
• Protest of the opposition (particularly groups close to the
church)
• The Parliement adopted this Tuesday (23 of April) the
bill allowing wedding and adoption for same-sex
couples, with 331 FOR and 225 AGAINST.

24. Religion
• Non-religious state since the
law of separation of church
and state (1905)
• Majority religion :
Catholicism
• Evolution of the “without
religion”, especially among
young people
• Currently : 60% Catholic (but
only 10% churchgoer), 30%
without religion, 6%
Muslim, 2% Protestant, 1%
Jewish

25. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION

26. Sources
• www.france.fr
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAEQiciJx_8
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJH3rGImvDw
• http://www.europe-
cities.com/en/658/france/history/famous-
people/?page=2
• http://www.gouvernement.fr/