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Poitou Charentes, Limousin, Brittany, Ile de France, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, Burgundy, Nord Pas de Calais, Haute Normandie, Basse Normandie, Rhone Alps, Midi Pyrenees, Franche Comte, Auvergne, Pays de la Loire, Languedoc Roussillon, Centre Val de Loire, Aquitaine, Picardy, Champagne, Lorraine, Alsace Fire at a factory in Casablanca (26.04.08)We were shocked to learn of the fire at a factory in Casablanca Saturday which killed 55 people. Read more | Comments
Terrorist operation against the industrial zone of Nitzanei Shalom (25.04.08)France strongly condemns the terrorist operation against the industrial zone of Nitzanei Shalom which killed two Israeli civilians. It calls for an end to all violence. Murders of three officials from the Honduras Workers’ Federation (25.04.08)We were shocked to learn of the murders Wednesday night of Altagracia Fuentes, secretary-general of the Honduras Workers’ Federation, and two other officials from the same union, Virgilia Garcia and Juan Galvez. France strongly condemns this heinous act. Visit of Mr Bernard Kouchner to Kuwait for the expanded conference of Iraq’s neighbours (21-22.04.08)The minister took part in the third expanded ministerial conference of Iraq’ s neighbors, which was held in Kuwait on Tuesday, April 22, in a sign of France’ s support for the process of Iraq’ s neighbors and regional dialogue. The minister said he hoped to see this regional process followed by actions and reaffirmed that France is willing to host, if necessary, a inter-Iraqi conference on entente that would be as broadly based as possible. Visit of Mr Bernard Kouchner to Kuwait for the expanded conference of Iraq’s neighbours (April 21-22, 2008)The minister took part in the third expanded ministerial conference of Iraq’ s neighbors, which was held in Kuwait on Tuesday, April 22, in a sign of France’ s support for the process of Iraq’ s neighbors and regional dialogue. The minister said he hoped to see this regional process followed by actions and reaffirmed that France is willing to host, if necessary, a inter-Iraqi conference on entente that would be as broadly based as possible. Towards a global partnership for food security? (22.04.08)FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf was in Paris and saw Mr Bernard Kouchner on April 21 and President Sarkozy on April 22, 2008. Informal meeting on Lebanon (22.04.08)On the sidelines of the expanded conference of Iraq’ s neighbors held in Kuwait on April 22, took place an informal meeting on Lebanon which resulted in the release of a joint communiqu Bilateral meeting between Mr Kouchner and the Syrian minister for foreign affairs (22.04.08)During their meeting, Mr Kouchner and Mr al-Mouallem held a useful review of a number of regional questions, in particular the political crisis in Lebanon and questions of interest to the French-Syrian relations. Speaking frankly, the two ministers compared the respective views of France and Syria on these questions and the way to resolve them. Second review conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (7-18.04.08)The second five-year review conference of the convention banning chemical weapons was held from 7 to 18 April at The Hague headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Violent incidents in Bujumbura (18.04.08)France is very concerned about the violent incidents which occurred in Bujumbura last night. Visit of Mr Bernard Kouchner to Kuwait (April 21-22, 2008)The minister of foreign and European affairs will be in Kuwait on April 21 and 22 to take part in the third enlarged ministerial conference of Iraq’ s neighbors which is being held at the invitation of the Kuwaiti government and the Iraqi government. Meeting between Mr Nicolas Sarkozy and Mr Zhao Jinjun, Special Representative of the President of the People’s Republic of China (18.04.08)The Head of State and Mr Zhao Jinjun discussed the recent events which have, in particular, occurred in the Tibet Autonomous Region. They each gave their analysis and vision of the future. President Sarkozy renewed France’ s appeal for the resumption of the dialogue between the Dalai Lama’ s representatives and the Chinese authorities. The Security Council’s adoption of a presidential statement (18.04.08)We welcome the Security Council’ s adoption yesterday of a presidential statement giving the Council’ s full support to Mr. Cristofias and Mr. Talat and the process they decided to revive at their March 21 meeting. Escalating violence in Gaza and southern Israel (17.04.08)France is very concerned about the escalating violence in Gaza and southern Israel which yesterday caused the deaths of several Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers Rama Yade’s visit to New York (16-17.04.08)Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Secretary Rama Yade will be in New York on April 16 and 17. She is attending the Security Council summit on April 16 on relations between the United Nation and regional organizations. The meeting, convened at the initiative of South African President Thabo Mbeki, will be attended by several heads of state from Africa and will focus on strengthening the partnership between the UN and regional organizations, the African Union in particular. France supports extending this partnership both in a bilateral capacity and in the context of European Union action to increase capacity-building in Africa. Implementation of resolution 1701 (16.04.08)We welcome the adoption of a presidential statement in the Security Council, on 15 April 2008, on the implementation of resolution 1701. This text reiterates the international community’ s ongoing commitment to Lebanon and particularly the application of all provisions of resolution 1701. The presidential statement clearly reaffirms support for UNIFIL which is deployed in support of Lebanese armed forces and is a key factor for stability in a difficult context. Major economies meeting on energy and climate (Paris, 17-18 April 2008)The MEM is a forum for political discussion grouping 16 countries accounting for 80% of world carbon dioxide emissions. Its mission is to advance the talks on climate change. Increase in food prices: meeting of a task force (April 15, 2008)The goal is to prepare the proposals that France will present to address the increase in food prices around the world. As you will remember, Bernard Kouchner was interviewed at length on this and all the multilateral institutions are thinking about it today, in Brussels and Washington. Visit of Mr Bernard Kouchner to Poland (15.04.08)Foreign and European Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner went to Warsaw on April 15 where he was invited to attend the official ceremonies commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, co-chaired by President Kaczynski and President Shimon Peres. The minister met the last surviving commander of the insurrection, Marek Edelman, to whom he presented the insignia of commander of the Legion of Honor. |
Quick linksAbout FranceAdministrative divisions: France is divided into 26 administrative regions. 22 are in metropolitan France (21 are on the continental part of metropolitan France; one is the territorial collectivity of Corsica) , and four are overseas regions. The regions are further subdivided into 100 departments which are numbered (mainly alphabetically). This number is used in postal codes and vehicle number plates amongst others. The 100 departments are subdivided into 341 arrondissements which are, in turn, subdivided into 4,032 cantons. These cantons are then divided into 36,680 communes, which are municipalities with an elected municipal council. Demography: With an estimated population of 64.5 million people, France is the 19th most populous country in the world. France's largest cities are Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Nice, and Nantes. Popular searchesNew added properties |
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