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www.hantra.com/France |
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France1@hantra.com |
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26 Rue Colbert 13002 Marseille, France |
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33-491-566-707 |
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33-491-91-9846 |
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Mr. Gilles Pariente |
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Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain |
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total: 547,030 sq km
land: 545,630 sq km
water: 1,400 sq km |
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60,180,529 (July 2003 est.) |
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Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities |
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Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% |
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French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) |
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purchasing power parity - $1.558 trillion (2002 est.) |
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machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism |
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