france

__**Task 1: Country Fact-file**__

**__Task 2: Location, and Climate Zone__**




What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)? $2.145 trillion (2010 est.) How does this compare with the rest of the world? There are 10 other countries that are richer than France What is the GDP per capita? $33,100 (2010 est.) How does this compare with the rest of the world? France Ranks 39 What is the unemployment rate? 9.3% (2010 est.) What is the percentage of People below the poverty line? 6.2% 2004 What are this country's main agricultural products? Sugar beets, wine, milk, beef and veal, cereals, and oil seeds. What are this country's main industries? machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism perfume, car parts,agriculture. Export partners? Germany 16.4%, Italy 8.2%, Belgium 7.7%, Spain 7.6, UK 68%, US 5.1%, Netherlands 4.2% (2010). Imports partners? Germany 19.3%, Belgium 11.4%, Italy 8%, Netherlands 7.5%, Spain 6.8%, China 5.1% UK 5% (2010)
 * __Task 3 Economic Production.__**

Population: 64,768,000 Average Life expectancy: 81 Fertility Rate: 2.0 infant mortality rate: 3.29 deaths/ 1,000 life births
 * __Task 4 Population size, shape and life expectancy__**

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**Sarkozy and Cameron clash:**
Sarkozy and Cameron have a very angry conversation which went like this: "We’re sick of you criticizing us and telling us what we need to do,” President Sarkozy told Mr Cameron, according to the British press, which cited “officials.” “You say you hate the euro and now you want to interfere in our meetings,” Sarkozy added, according to papers including the //The Guardian// and //The Telegraph//. He is even said to have told him “You have lost a good opportunity to shut up.”

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**Southeast is on orange alert storm:**
The southeast is expecting a storm since yesterday's ( October 25) violent rain that caused floods in the Alps Mari-times, Var and Bouches-du-Rhône. Massive rain and hail is expected to fall in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

I would live there because there is no terrorism problems or any major issues that threaten the countries safety( but I will be careful not to go to the southeast)
 * __terrorism and safety__****__:__**

__//**Task 6: Environmental Issues**//__
France is number 7 for its EPI rank and has an EPI score of 78.2. It's biggest problems: France's air is quiet polluted: 4.167%/41.97. Nitrogen Oxides Emissions: 41.2656 Ecosystem Ozone: 18.5965 Sulfer Dioxide Emissions: 53.0563 Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound Emissions: 32.8132 Summary: This article was about french air pollution. It talked a lot about Smog in France. It talked about how the Eiffel tower is now completely covered in Smog. It also talked about some environmentalists trying to stop it. Title: Air Pollution in France Publication: ? Author: ? Date: ? @http://corrosion-doctors.org/AtmCorros/mapFrance.htm

What percentage of the GDP is spent on education? 4.6 % G.D.P (2009) How does this compare with the rest of the world? 79
 * __Task 7, Education__**

What percentage of the population is literate? 48.6% Is there a major difference in rates of literacy between male and female? Yes there is a major difference, male have 27.8% more than Female

How many years is a person expected to attend school? 9 years Is there a difference between between males and females? Yes males have 2 more years than the female.

=TASK 8:GENDER EQUALITY= The Gender Equality Index from Social Watch.

The Global Gender Gap Overall Score: 0.7025 Economic Participation and Opportunity: 0.6610 Educational Attainment: 1 Health and Survival: 0.9796 Political Empowerment: 0.1695

the maternal mortality for France is: 8 deaths/ 100,000 live births. France is ranked 150 in the world- meaning there are 149 with higher death rates.