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According Article 2 Of Constitution Official Language Of France French, Romance Language Derived From Latin Since 1635 Académie Française Has Been France's Official Authority French Language Although Its Recommendations Carry No Legal Weight There Also Regional Languages Spoken France Such Occitan Breton Catalan Flemish (Dutch Dialect) Alsatian (German Dialect) Basque Others (see Languages Of France) Italian Was Official Language Of Corsica Until May 9 1859The French Government Does Not Regulate Choice Of Language Publications Individuals But Use Of French Required Law Commercial Workplace Communications Addition Mandating Use Of French Territory Of Republic French Government Tries Promote French European Union Globally Through Institutions Such La Francophonie Perceived Threat From Anglicisation Has Prompted Efforts Safeguard Position Of French Language France Besides French There Exist 77 Vernacular Minority Languages Of France Eight Spoken French Metropolitan Territory 69 French Overseas TerritoriesFrom 17th Mid-20th Century French Served Pre-eminent International Language Of Diplomacy International Affairs Well Lingua Franca Among Educated Classes Of Europedominant Position Of French Language International Affairs Was Overtaken English Since Emergence Of US Major PowerFor Most Of Time Which French Served International Lingua Franca Was Not Native Language Of Most Frenchmen Report 1794 Conducted Henri Grégoire Found That Of Country's 25 Million People Only Three Million Spoke French Natively Rest Spoke One Of Country's Many Regional Languages Such Alsatian Breton Or Occitan Through Expansion Of Public Education Which French Was Sole Language Of Instruction Well Other Factors Such Increased Urbanisation Rise Of Mass Communication French Gradually Came Be Adopted Virtually Entire Population Process Not Completed Until 20th CenturyAs Result Of France's Extensive Colonial Ambitions Between 17th 20th Centuries French Was Introduced Americas Africa Polynesia South-East Asia Caribbean French Second Most Studied Foreign Language World After English, Lingua Franca Some Regions Notably Africa Legacy Of French Living Language Outside Europe Mixed Nearly Extinct Some Former French Colonies (The Levant South Southeast Asia) While Creoles Pidgins Based French Have Emerged French Departments West Indies South Pacific (French Polynesia) Other Hand Many Former French Colonies Have Adopted French Official Language Total Number Of French Speakers Increasing Especially AfricaIt Estimated That Between 300 Million 500 Million People Worldwide Can Speak French Either Mother Tongue Or Second LanguageAccording 2007 Adult Education Survey Part Of Project European Union Carried France Insee Based Sample Of 15,350 Persons French Was First Mother Tongue Of 87.2% Of Total Population Or Roughly 55.81 Million People Followed Arabic (3.6% 2.30 Million) Portuguese (1.5% 0.96 Million) Spanish (1.2% 0.77 Million) Italian (1.0% 0.64 Million) People Who Had Other Languages Their Mother Tongue Made Up 5.2% Of PopulationReligion
Like Paris Marseille city of Lyon divided into number of municipal arrondissements each of which identified number has its own council town hall Five arrondissements were originally created 1852 when three neighbouring communes (La Croix-Rousse La Guillotière Vaise) were annexed Lyon Between 1867 1959 third arrondissement (which originally covered whole of Left Bank of Rhône) was split three times creating new arrondissement each case Then 1963 commune of Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe was annexed Lyon's fifth arrondissement year later 1964 fifth was split create Lyon's 9th – and date final – arrondissement Within each arrondissement recognisable quartiers or neighbourhoods are, 9th arrondissement Vaise Duchère Rochecardon St-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe Gorge de Loup Observance Champvert (north), Main article French architecture Islam (5.6%). Le Panier quarter with Hotel de Ville church of Notre-Dame des Accoules See also List of most visited museums.
Main articles French Renaissance (c 1400–c 1650) Early modern France (1500–1789) French Wars of Religion (1562–1598) Ancien Régime (c 1400–1792). The Parisii sub-tribe of Celtic Senones inhabited Paris area from around middle of 3rd century BC One of area's major north–south trade routes crossed Seine île de la Cité this meeting place of land water trade routes gradually became important trading centreParisii traded with many river towns (some far away Iberian Peninsula) minted their own coins that purposeGold coins minted Parisii (1st century BC), The oldest traces of human life what now France date from approximately 1.8 million years ago Humans were then confronted harsh variable climate marked several glacial erasEarly hominids led nomadic hunter-gatherer life France has large number of decorated caves from upper Palaeolithic era including one of most famous best preserved Lascaux (approximately 18,000 BC)At end of last glacial period (10,000 BC) climate became milder from approximately 7,000 BC this part of Western Europe entered Neolithic era its inhabitants became sedentaryAfter strong demographic agricultural development between 4th 3rd millennia metallurgy appeared end of 3rd millennium initially working gold copper bronze later iron France has numerous megalithic sites from Neolithic period including exceptionally dense Carnac stones site (approximately 3,300 BC)Antiquity (6th century BC–5th century AD). Painting sculpture see description la LoireBrittany The Government of France has run budget deficit each year since early 1970s of 2016 French government debt levels reached 2.2 trillion euros equivalent of 96.4% of French GDPlate 2012 credit rating agencies warned that growing French Government debt levels risked France's AAA credit rating raising possibility of future downgrade subsequent higher borrowing costs French authoritiesEconomy. Main article Art Paris Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport located east of Lyon serves base domestic international flights key transport facility entire Rhône-Alpes region with coach links other cities area in-house train station Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry connects airport nationwide TGV network Rhônexpress tram monopoly links airport with business quarter of La Part Dieu less than 30 minutes offers connections with Underground A Tramway T1 T3 & T4 bus lines Lyon public transport Sytrail offers no service despite bus service operating nearby suburb regular price of public transport €1.90 opposed €15 one way Rhonexpress suburb of Bron smaller Lyon-Bron Airport provides alternative domestic aviationLyon has two major railway stations Lyon Part-Dieu which was built accommodate TGV Lyon Perrache older station that now provides mostly regional service Smaller railway stations include Gorge-de-Loup Vaise Vénissieux Saint-Paul Jean Macé Lyon was first city be connected Paris TGV 1981 Since that time TGV train network has expanded links Lyon directly Perpignan Toulouse Nice Marseille Strasbourg Nantes Lille International trains operate directly Madrid Barcelona Milan Turin Geneva Frankfurt Luxembourg Brussels LondonThe city heart of dense road network located meeting point of several highways A6 (to Paris) A7 (to Marseille) A42 (to Geneva) A43 (to Grenoble) city now bypassed A46 double motorway tunnel passes under Fourvière connecting A6 A7 autoroutes both forming Autoroute du SoleilLyon served Eurolines intercity coach organisation Its Lyon terminal located city's Perrache railway station which serves intermodal transportation hub that also includes tramways local regional trains buses terminus of Metro line A of Tramway T2 bicycle service Vélo'v taxisPublic transport map. France derives most of its electricity from nuclear power highest percentage world Photo of Cattenom Nuclear Power PlantÉlectricité de France (EDF) main electricity generation distribution company France also one of world's largest producers of electricity 2003 produced 22% of European Union's electricity,[citation needed] primarily from nuclear power France smallest emitter of carbon dioxide among G8 due its heavy investment nuclear powerof 2016 72% of electricity produced France generated 58 nuclear power plantsthis context renewable energies having difficulty taking off France also uses hydroelectric dams produce electricity such Eguzon dam Étang de Soulcem Lac de VouglansTransport. The former main building of University of Paris now used classes from Paris-Sorbonne University other autonomous campusesParis département with highest proportion of highly educated people 2009 around 40 percent of Parisians held licence-level diploma or higher highest proportion France, while 13 percent have no diploma third-lowest percentage France Education Paris Île-de-France region employs approximately 330,000 people 170,000 of whom teachers professors teaching approximately 2.9 million children students around 9,000 primary secondary higher education schools institutionsThe University of Paris founded 12th century often called Sorbonne after one of its original medieval colleges was broken up into thirteen autonomous universities 1970 following student demonstrations 1968 Most of campuses today Latin Quarter where old university was located while others scattered around city suburbs.[citation not found], Wesford Graduate Business School, This section needs be updated Please update this article reflect recent events or newly available information (June 2017).
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