The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

The Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies, making within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad. France was the birthplace of cinema and saw many of its initial significant contributions.^[1] Several important cinematic movements have begun in France, including the Nouvelle Vague. It is noted for having a particularly strong film industry, due in part to a certain level of protection afforded it by the French government.^[1] For this reason also, it is able to stand up quite well to competition from America, when compared with the cinema industries of other countries. Characteristics include slower plotlines, strong character development and a deviance from happy or conclusive endings.

Apart from its strong indigenous film tradition, France has also been a gathering spot for artists from across Europe and the world. For this reason French cinema is sometimes intertwined with the cinema of foreign nations. Directors from nations such as Poland (Roman Polanski, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Andrzej Żuławski), Argentina (Gaspar Noe, Edgardo Cozarinsky), and Russia/the Soviet Union (Alexandre Alexeieff, Anatole Litvak, Gela Babluani, Otar Iosseliani) are equally prominent in the ranks of French cinema as the native Frenchmen. Also, French directors such as Luc Besson in the United States, have been important in the development of Cinema in other countries. Representative of it’s cinematic prominence, France (with over 150 entries) is the second best represented country, behind the United States, in the well-known book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.

Eurotunnel

Eurotunnel (fr. Eurotunnel, English Channel Tunnel) – the Channel Tunnel with a length of about 50 km, linking Calais in France to Folkestone in the UK, built and operated by the Anglo-French Eurotunnel plc private consortium. Passenger car traffic and the tunnel is via shuttle trains and Eurostar Channel Tunnel Rail Link, operating from London to Paris and Brussels.

Armed forces

France ranks among the major nuclear powers. Its arsenal has around 300 nuclear warheads, which can be transferred to 6 one thousand kilometers. The armed forces numbered about 259 thousand. Soldiers (2002) in the Army 137 thousand. France, despite the fact that he is a member of NATO (since 1949.), From 1966 did not take part in military structures-state pact that is to be changed, because back to the Alliance’s military structures, President Sarkozy announced. The four largest French permanent garrisons outside France are in Africa. The largest is located in Djibouti (including the Offshore Foreign Legion), the other on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and in Senegal and Gabon in West Africa. French troops stationed in Ivory Coast, Chad and the Central African Republic. In addition, in French Guiana (South America)., And in Djibouti, on the island of Mayotte (O. Indian) and the archipelago of islands Mururoa in French Polynesia in the Pacific are the Foreign Legion units overseas.

French pride

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France – Travel Guide with tips for your holiday

France (officially République Française), country in Western Europe. It is bordered in the north to the English Channel, the Strait of Dover and the North Sea, in north-east Belgium and Luxembourg, on the east by Germany, Switzerland and Italy, in the south to the Mediterranean, Monaco, Andorra and Spain and in the west to the Atlantic Ocean. Both the north-south extension as well as the extension from west to east amount to a maximum of about 1 000 kilometers. The capital of France is Paris. On the territory of France also includes the four overseas departments (Departement d’Outre-Mer, DOM) French Guiana in South America, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean and Reunion in the Indian Ocean, the two local authorities (territorial collectivité, CT) St-Pierre-et Miquelon, and Mayotte in the North Atlantic off the East African coast and the four overseas territories (Territoires d’Outre-Mer, TOM) with limited self-determination, are no longer as part of the mother country are: New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Australs and Antarctic Territories (southern and French Antarctic Territory) and the islands of Wallis and Futuna. France, including the island of Corsica an area of 543 965 square kilometers, so it is Russia and Ukraine the third largest country in Europe.

The landscape of France is the biggest part of three natural areas determined. It includes funds mountains, landscapes and Beck in the south emergent high mountains. The highest elevations of the country are located in the French Alps, it runs through the southeast of the country’s border with Italy. Many of the mountain peaks along the French border are about 4 000 meters high. France and the highest mountain in the Alps is the Mont Blanc (4 810 meters). Northeast of Lyon to the area of Montbéliard rises the French Jura. It reaches heights of about 1 700 meters and forms the eastern border of France to Switzerland. The Burgundian gate – a broad valley between Belfort and Montbéliard – connects the grave zones of the Rhine and the Saône. The north of the Burgundian gate located Vosges formed as a counterpart to the Black Forest to the east by the natural border of the Rhine valley to the west. Broadly Belchen reached this means mountains with 1 424 meters, its greatest height. The Pyrenees stretch along the Spanish-French border from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Biscay off and form a more natural border of France. The small number of passports previously hampered trade between France and Spain, while the Alps has always been good crossing opportunities, such as the Saint Bernard Pass, offered. In the southern part of the country lies the Massif Central, which is west of the Rhone valley rises steeply. Here, in the Auvergne, there are extinct volcanoes from the tertiary. South of the Massif Central are heavily karstified Causses and then the Cevennes. In the north-east of the country soar foothills of the mountains flattened by erosion of the Ardennes on French territory.

Conventions and notations

• France is the home of the International System of Units (the metric system). The Imperial System is almost completely ignored in France. Some pre-metric units are still used, essentially the livre (a unit of weight equal to half a kilogram) and the quintal (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms).
• In mathematics, France uses the infix notation like most countries. For large numbers the long scale is used. Thus, the French use the word billion for the number 1,000,000,000,000, which in countries using short scale is called a trillion. However, there exists a French word, milliard, for the number 1,000,000,000, which in countries using the short scale is called a billion. Thus, despite the use of the long scale, one billion is called un milliard (“one milliard”) in French, and not mille millions (“one thousand million”). It should also be noted that names of numbers above the milliard are rarely used. Thus, one trillion will most often be called mille milliards (“one thousand milliard”) in French, and rarely un billion.
• In the French numeral notation, the comma (,) is the Decimal separator, whereas the dot (.) is used between each group of three digits especially for big numbers. A space can also be used to separate each group of three digits especially for small numbers. Thus three thousand five hundred and ten may be written as 3 510 whereas fifteen million five hundred thousand and thirty-two may be written as 15.500.032. In finances, the currency symbol is used as a decimal separator or put after the number. For example €25 048,05 is written either 25 048€05 or 25 048,05 € (always with an extra space between the figure and the currency symbol).
• Cars are driven on the right.
• In computing, a bit is called a bit yet a byte is called an octet (from the Latin root octo, meaning “8”). SI prefixes are used.
• 24-hour clock time is used, with h being the separator between hours and minutes (for example 2:30 p.m. is 14h30).
• The all-numeric form for dates is in the order day-month-year, using a slash as the separator (example: 31/12/1992 or 31/12/92).
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Bastia

Bustling, Italianate Bastia is Corsica’s main business centre and the capital of the island’s northern département . It was founded in 1372, and the town’s name is taken from the bastiglia (fortress) that was built to protect its Genoese governors

When to Go

France, including Bordeaux, is at its best in spring, though winter-like relapses aren’t unknown. Autumn is pleasant, too, but the days are fairly short. Bordeaux’s proximity to the Atlantic Ocean protects its grapes – and visitors – from both frosty chills and excessive heat, so expect a mild climate.

If you plan to visit Bordeaux over Christmas, New Year, February to March or mid-July to the end of August, prepare for a patience-testing melange of kids on school holidays and adults escaping France’s cities during their annual leave. Finding inexpensive, and sometimes any, accommodation during these times can be a headache.

Wineries are often closed during the grape harvest (in October). In addition, most wineries require advance reservations for visits, and many don’t welcome visitors at all, so always check in advance – either with individual chateaux or local wine offices – before planning a wine tasting tour.

Paris

Paris (pronounced /ˈpærɨs/ in English;^[3] [paʁi] (help·info) in French) is the capital city of France. It is situated on the Seine river, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (also known as the “Paris Region”; Fr.: Région parisienne). The city of Paris within its administrative limits (largely unchanged since 1860) has an estimated population of 2,167,994 (January 2006)^[4]. The Paris unité urbaine (or urban area) extends well beyond the administrative city limits and has an estimated population of 9.93 million (in 2005).^[5] The Paris aire urbaine (or metropolitan area) has a population of nearly 12 million^[6], and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe.^[7]

An important settlement for more than two millennia, Paris is today one of the world’s leading business and cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world’s major global cities.^[8] The Paris Region (Île-de-France) is France’s foremost centre of economic activity. With €500.8 billion (US$628.9 billion), it produced more than a quarter of the gross domestic product (GDP) of France in 2006.^[9] The Paris Region hosts 36 of the Fortune Global 500 companies^[10] in several business districts, notably La Défense, the largest purpose-built business district in Europe.^[11] Paris also hosts many international organizations such as UNESCO, the OECD, the ICC and the informal Paris Club.

Paris is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with over 30 million foreign visitors per year.^[12] There are numerous iconic landmarks among its many attractions in Paris, along with world famous institutions and popular parks.