France in numbers
Area : 551, 000 sq.km - largest country in Western Europe
Population : 59, 000, 000
Density : 108/sq.km
Capital : Paris, 10, 660, 000 inhabitants in the agglomeration
Economy : stability and growth leading to a high standard of living, the fifth largest economy in the world with a strong industrial and agricultural base
Unemployement : officially 11%, more like 20%
Public dept/person : $4, 340
Income/person :
Politics : democratic republic with strong executive presidency, one of the core members of the European Union
Religion : freedom of religion since the 1789 revolution
Catholics.....................70%Muslims.......................7,7%Protestants..................1,14%Evangelicals................0,63%Jews.............................1,1%Other............................19,43%
Notes :- Catholic : most people are catholic by name, but few are practicing catholics- Muslim : mostly North African, Middle Easterner or West African im- migrants and up to 150, 000 French- Protestants : a very liberal protestancism in decline- Evangelicals : anything from Baptists to Pentecostals- Other : non-religious, Buddist (0.3%), Chinese religions (0.2%), Orthodox (0.88%), Cults (0..66%), etc.
Communes (cities, towns and villages) : 38, 000
Communes with NO RESIDENT EVANGELICAL WITNESS : 36, 000
Information taken from « Operation World »
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