France

Country
Languages: Only one official language = French Size: Brazil is 12 times the size of France Population: 65.350.000 habitants Main tourist attractions: Notre-Dame , Eiffel Tour, The Louvres, Versailles, Mont Saint-Michael, Pont du Gard Capital: Paris

Flag
Color: Blue, White and Red

History:
At the XVIII century, white was the color wich represents the king and red and blue represent the city of Paris. During the french revolution, these 3 colors are assembled on the cockades to simbolize the allience between the king and the french people. In 1790, the assembly decides that theses colors constitute the French flag. However, at this period, the Netherland's flag is already blue, with and red, and his strips are rebical. That is why the strips on the french flag are horizontal .

Economy
Currency: euro (1 = R$ 2,50) World rank: 5th largest national economy in the world (2010) 9th rank for the gross domestic product Minimum salary: 1.425 /month > $1.758 > R$ 3.554 9,40/day > $ 12 > R$ 23

Cousine:

Typical dishes: Some French dishes are considered like a national dish and others which are specifics into a region. Common dishes (national): French bread, Pot au Jeu (Beef stew with vegetables like carrots, leeks, potatoes, celery) Coq au vin rooster with red wine), Blanquette de veau (blanquette of veal), Foiegras (Falty duck), Poulet-frites (chicken and fries) Steak-frites (steak and fries), Pommes duchesse (duches potatoes), crepes, pasta, chocolate mousse, Tart Tatin (caramelized apple tart). More typical to a region: Cassoulet: Languedoc (meat, pork skin and white baricot beans); Choucroute: Alsace (sausages, slat pork, potatoes, charcuterie and sauerbraut); Guichedorraine: Lorraine, Tartiflette (gratin with chesse, potatoes, cream and pork) and Rachette: Rhone- Alpes (melted chesse). Habits: The French eat 3 times a day with no snacking between meals (just children around 4.30 pm, after school). Breakfast usually eat bread with butter and jam, coffee, milk and cereals. A lot of adults drink red wine during lunch and dinner. Chesse is an indispensable part of the French meal. It is served alfter the main-course and before the dessert. And each region has its specialities. Most popular chesses are goat cheese, camembert, brie, roquefor. Desserts are particular speciality of the French (yogurts, fruits) Mean of transportation: Subway: Only in the big cities. It is cheap, so there are many people. The most important subway traffic is in Paris, of course. Price-round trip ticket: 1,30 euros. But the principal mean of transportation is the car (1 million de km of roads.

Sport
Popular: Football is the most popular Sport. (97% men), Tennis, equitation, basket-ball, judo, handball, golf, rugby and Ptangere. Famous Players: Zidane, Platini, Marie-Jos Perec, Laure Manaudou, Benzema, Yannick Noah, Teddy Rinner. Famous achierement: Football (1998 Coupe du Monde 3-0), Tennis (Noah 1983 = Rolando Garros. Politic: President: Franois Hollande (The first Socialist President who win in France since Fraois Mitterands re-elechion in 1988). Education: Education system divided into 3 stages: Primary education Secondary education

Highter education

Napoleon made the first educational system in 1880s, Jules Ferry (a lawer) created 3 important things: All Children between 6 and 12 age has the right to go to the school, school is free and secular. Matermelle (Kindergarten) Petite section (3 4 y.o) Moyenne section (4 - 5 y.o) Grande section (5 6 y.o) cole Primaire (Primary School) CP (6 - 7 y.o) CE1 (7 8 y.o) CE3 (8 9 y.o) CM1 (9 10 y.o) CM2(10 - 11 y.o)

Collge (junior Hight)

Lme (11-12 y.o) Sme (12-13 y.o) Rme (13-14 y.o) Zme (14-15 y.o)

Breret des collegs.

Lyce (high school)
Seconde - 2nde (15-16 y.o) Premire - ire (16-17 y.o) Terminale - Term (17-18 y.o)

Baccalaurat. Highter education

Licence (3 years) Master (5 years) Doctorat (7 years)

Religion
Catholica = 51% Without religion = 31% Musulmans = 4%

Protestants = 3% Jews = 1% Athers 10 %

Historically, France is catholic. It's shill the most important religion but today, very French people go to the Church and respect cathollic traditions.