Area: 547 026 km²
Population: 62.7 million (rounded)
Capital city: Paris
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 14 July
EU-membership: 23 July 1952 (ECSC, founding member)

Head of State: President Nicolas Sarkozy
Head of Government: Prime Minister François Fillon
Foreign Minister: Bernard Kouchner
Government: Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP, Union for a Popular Movement, 353 seats, 9 associated deputies)
Parliament: Bicameral: Assemblée Nationale, 577 members, elections every 5 years, no threshold, Sénat, 331 members

GDP: € 1 710 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 27 272 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 1.4% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.elysee.fr
Head of Government: http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr
Government: http://www.internet.gouv.fr
Foreign Minister: http://www.france.diplomatie.fr
Parliament: http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr

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