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EXCLUSIVE FACTS ABOUT FRANCE

Added on: 5th Jul 2016

 

FOR OVER 200 YEARS, ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL

2012, IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR WOMEN TO WEAR

TROUSERS IN PARIS

For over 200 years, all the way up until 2012, it was illegal for women to wear pants in Paris

 

 

MORE PEOPLE SPEAK FRENCH IN AFRICA

THAN IN EUROPE

More people speak French in Africa than in Europe

 

 

PARIS TAXI DRIVERS PAY NEARLY 200,000

EUROS FOR THEIR LICENCES

Paris taxi drivers pay nearly 200,000 euros for their licenses

 

 

ALL CHAMPAGNE IS PRODUCED IN THE CHAMPAGNE

REGION OF FRANCE. IF IT IS PRODUCED ELSEWHERE,

THEN IT IS A LOCAL VARIANT OF SPARKLING WINE

All Champagne is produced in the Champagne region of France. If it is produced elsewhere, then it is a local variant of sparkling wine

 

 

THE AVERAGE FRENCH PERSON SLEEPS NEARLY

9 HOURS PER DAY (8.83). THAT IS THE MOST IN

THE DEVELOPED WORLD

The average French person sleeps nearly 9 hours per day (8.83). That is the most in the developed world

 

 

WITH OVER 80 MILLION TOURISTS EVERY YEAR,

FRANCE IS THE MOST VISITED COUNTRY ON EARTH

With over 80 million tourists every year, France is the most visited country on Earth

 

 

FRANCE ONCE CONTROLLED NEARLY

10% OF THE WORLD'S LAND AREA

France once controlled nearly 10% of the world's land area

 

 

1 IN EVERY 5 FRENCH PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED

DEPRESSION, MAKING FRANCE THE MOST

DEPRESSED COUNTRY ON EARTH

1 in every 5 French people has experienced depression, making France the most depressed country on Earth

 


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