Food and alcohol

Traditional French culture places a high priority on the enjoyment of food. French cuisine was codified in the 20th century by Georges Auguste Escoffier to become the modern version of haute cuisine. Population: Over the past 500 years,[16] France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and in the world.
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France is the world's fifth largest and wealthiest economy.[7] It is the third largest economy in Europe (behind its main economic partner Germany and in second position the [United Kingdom.[7] France's economy entered the 2008-2009 recession later and left it earlier than most comparable economies, only enduring four quarters of contraction. As of September 2010, France's economy has been growing continuously since the second quarter of 2009.[8] Between January and March 2011, France's GDP growth has been stronger than expected, at 1%, one of the best figures in Europe.[9]

Geography of France
France, with an area of 547,000 sq km, is the largest country in Europe. Parts of the southern regions of the country are mountainous. Along its south-western border with Spain and Andorra, and south-eastern border with Italy and Switzerland are the Pyrenees and the Alps, respectively. Mont Blanc, at 4,819 m, in the Alps, is the highest peak in western Europe. Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany are located to the north and northeast of the country. Its territory also includes the island of Corsica, which is off the Mediterranean coast to the southeast of Nice. The principality of Monaco is located in the south along the Mediterranean In the centre, north and west of the country are the plains, river basins and rolling hills through which four main rivers flow. These rivers are the Rhone, which flows into the Mediterranean, the Loire, which flows into the Atlantic, the Seine, which flows into the English Channel and the Garonne, which flows into the Bay of Biscay.

France Climate
France lies in the temperate climatic zone as it is located at an altitude of between 41 and 50 North. However, there are regional climatic variations as the country is subject to the influence of the Atlantic coast to the west and the Mediterranean to the south, and different elevations of its terrain. The regions in the north and northwest have a temperate climate. Along the Mediterranean region in the south-east, the summer is hot and dry and the winter is mild and wet. The western region facing the Atlantic has more rainfall, cooler summers and milder winters. The centre of the country has hot summers and colder winters, with less precipitation. The climate of the Pyrenees, the Alps and other mountainous regions are colder, with the temperature falling below freezing and snow-cover for a large part of the year.

Natural resources: metropolitan France: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish French Guiana: gold deposits, petroleum, kaolin, niobium, tantalum, clay
The richest 10% of the French population has an income of US$ 54,000 per year, in purchasing power parities about the same as the OECD (organization for economic cooperation and development) average. Similarly, the middle class has an income level (US$ 20,000) similar to the OECD average. However, the poorest 10% of the French population have an income of almost US$ 9,000 per year about 25% higher than the average for OECD countries.

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