Grand SiËcle
December 15, 2011
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The 17th century was marked by a period of exeptional power and glamour for the French Monarchy…
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Research & Development
December 15, 2011
By France.com
<!–^~^70|right|^~^–>National R & D expenditure amounts to 190 billion francs ($38 billion) i.e. 2.5% of GDP. The public sector finances 51% of it and is responsible for operating (building maintenance, salaries, laboratory equipment) the major national research centres, which include the CNRS (all fields), INSERM (medicine), […]
0 Read MoreRevolution Era
December 15, 2011
By France.com
The 18th century’s Enlightment brought thinkers such as Voltaire and Rousseau to struggle against the principles of the old regime and absolutism…
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
<!–^~^69|right|^~^–>Leading industrial sectors in France : Construction and civil engineering. Annual production : 797 billion francs ($159.4 billion). Four French groups (Bouygues, SGE, Eiffage and GTM-Entrepose) rank among the top ten in European construction, with an annual turnover of 158 billion francs ($31.6 billion). Agri-foodstuffs. Annual […]
0 Read MoreNapoleonic Era
December 15, 2011
By France.com
The Revolution ends in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris and was crowned First Consul at the age of thirty…
0 Read MoreAgriculture
December 15, 2011
By France.com
<!–^~^68|right|^~^–>Farms: 730,000Farmers/farm workers: 910,000Utilized agricultural area: 30,139,000 hectares Principal agricultural products in France: Sugar beet: 1st in the EU, 2nd in the world (29 million tonnes) Wine: 2nd in the world, 2nd in the EU (5.3 million tonnes) Milk: 2nd in the EU, 5th in the […]
0 Read More19th Century
December 15, 2011
By France.com
The industrial expansion was not slowed by the war and continued at a fast pace. To commemorate the centenial of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower was constructed during the Universal Exhibition of 1889…
0 Read MoreFrance Telecom cash call agreed
December 15, 2011
By France.com
Shareholders in France Telecom have approved plans to raise up to 30bn euros to help the company deal with its crippling debt…
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
The First World War erupted in 1914 in northeast France and after two years of German victories, fell into the horrors of trench warfare. The United States entered the war in 1917 and helped France to victory…
0 Read MorePoll shows anti-war French 'like US'
December 15, 2011
By France.com
Seventy percent of the French say they like Americans but oppose a potential war in Iraq…
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