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Industries
Aircraft, automobiles, chemicals, electronics, food processing,
machinery, metallurgy, textiles, tourism
Exports
Aircraft, beverages, chemicals, iron and steel, machinery
and transportation equipment, pharmaceutical products
and plastics
Imports
Aircraft, chemicals, crude oil, machinery and equipment
and vehicles
Ports and Harbours
Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice,
Le Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mulhouse, Nantes, Paris, Rouen,
Saint Nazaire, Saint Malo, Strasbourg
Airports
Charles de Gaulle and Orly serve Paris. Each major city also
has an international airport.
Railways
SNCF, RER, TGV within France, as well as the IC services
connecting France to the rest of Europe.
Weights and Measures
France uses the metric system.
Famous People
Clovis (
AD
466-511)
A Frankish king who became a Christian and ousted the last
of the Romans, uniting the country and giving it the Germanic
name.
Charlemagne (
AD
742-814)
A Frank who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in
AD
800.
He extended his rule over northern parts of Spain and Italy
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