Music and Art in France

French music history dates back to organum in the 10th century, followed by the Notre Dame School, an organum composition style.Troubadour songs of chivalry and courtly love were composed in the Occitan language between the 10th and 13th centuries, and the Trouvèrepoet-composers flourished in Northern France during this period. By the end of the 12th century, a form of song called the motet arose, accompanied by traveling musicians called jongleurs. In the 14th century, France produced two notable styles of music, Ars Nova and Ars Subtilior. During...

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Religion in France

Catholic Religion in FranceFrance has traditionally been a catholic country and today approximately 80% of the population of France ascribe, at least nominally, to the Catholic religion. In reality, however, France is a deeply secular country which seen the role of organized religion in the lives of people in France diminish ever since the revolutions in in1780 and 1804. Many French people who are counted as belonging to the Catholic religion have not been. The vast majority of Catholics in France do not attend church regularly or even at all. The...

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Education in France

The French Republic has 60 million inhabitants, living in the 22 regions of metropolitan France and four overseas departments (1.7 million). Despite the fact that the population is growing slightly (up 0.4% a year), the number and proportion of young people under 25 are, however, falling: there are now fewer than 19 million of them in metropolitan France, i.e. 32% of the total population, compared with 40% around 1970 and 35% at the time of the 1990 census. France is seeing a slow aging of the population — less marked however than in other neighbouring...

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Language of France

The official language of France is French. The Article 2 of the Constitution lists French as the official language since 1992. About 150 million people speak French as a mother tongue. French is a Romance language. It is the daughter language of Latin. A considerable portion of the language has also been borrowed from Ancient Greek. French enjoys a special status in the world of languages. It is spoken as an official language in 41 countries. Most of these countries form the Francophonie. It is also the official language in several international...

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The Politic of Frence

France is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of France is head of state and the Prime Minister of France is the head of government, and there is a pluriform, multi-party system.Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the government, Senate and National Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Left and Right in France and main political partiesSince the 1789 French Revolution, the political spectrum in France has obeyed the left-right...

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The Economic of France

By the 18th century, France was one of the world's richest nations. Industrialization began promisingly at the end of the 18th century, as it did in England. Unlike England and the rest of Europe, however, France failed to maintain the momentum of its early industrial start and was still primarily an agricultural nation at the end of the 19th century. Industry expanded behind protective trade barriers in the early 20th century, but most growth has occurred since the end of World War II. France now ranks among the world's most economically advanced...

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