Political World Wall Map, French Language - 40.75" x 27" Paper

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Like all European Union state members, France agreed to cut carbon emissions by at least 20% of 1990 levels by 2020, [97] compared to the United States' plan to reduce emissions by 4% of 1990 levels. [98] As of 2009 [update], French carbon dioxide emissions per capita were lower than that of China. [99] The country was set to impose a carbon tax in 2009 at 17 euros per tonne of carbon emitted, [100] which would have raised 4billion euros of revenue annually. [101] However, the plan was abandoned due to fears of burdening French businesses. [102]

As of January 2021 [update], the fertility rate declined slightly to 1.84 children per woman, below the replacement rate of 2.1, and considerably below the high of 4.41 in 1800. [240] [241] [242] [243] France's fertility rate and crude birth rate nonetheless remain among the highest in the EU. However, like many developed nations, the French population is aging; the average age is 41.7 years, while about a fifth of French people are 65 or over. [244] The life expectancy at birth is 82.7 years, the 12th highest in the world. This French-speaking countries map is not only a great way to show your children where in the world French is spoken, but this can also be used in your Geography lessons to help children learn the names of countries. You can include some facts about each country or include a countries flag as part of your display to teach your children more about these French-speaking countries. The 101 departments are subdivided into 335 arrondissements, which are, in turn, subdivided into 2,054 cantons. [117] These cantons are then divided into 36,658 communes, which are municipalities with an elected municipal council. [117] Three communes—Paris, Lyon and Marseille—are subdivided into 45 municipal arrondissements. The Badwater Basin in the Death Valley is the lowest point in North America at 86 m (282 feet) below sea level.See also: List of national parks of France, Regional natural parks of France, and Climate change in France

Among the candidates for the deepest known point on the Earth's seabed is the Challenger Deep, which lies in the Hadal Zone of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean at nearly -11,000 m (-36,090 ft). [ 2]Main article: Religion in France Notre-Dame de Reims is the Roman Catholic cathedral where the Kings of France were crowned until 1825. [XIII] France generally has a positive reputation regarding LGBT rights. [136] Since 1999, civil unions for homosexual couples have been permitted, and since 2013, same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption are legal. [137] Laws prohibiting discriminatory speech in the press are as old as 1881. Some consider hate speech laws in France to be too broad or severe, undermining freedom of speech. [138]

French is a popular language; it is the first language for around 80 million people and is a second language for about 180 million. It’s not just the official language of France, it is also the official language in 29 other countries and also spoken in nine other countries. The name of the Franks is related to the English word frank ("free"): the latter stems from the Old French franc ("free, noble, sincere"), ultimately from Medieval Latin francus ("free, exempt from service; freeman, Frank"), a generalisation of the tribal name that emerged as a Late Latin borrowing of the reconstructed Frankish endonym * Frank. [21] [22] It has been suggested that the meaning "free" was adopted because, after the conquest of Gaul, only Franks were free of taxation, [23] or more generally because they had the status of freemen in contrast to servants or slaves. [22] In 2008, the INSEE (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) estimated that the total number of foreign-born immigrants was around 5million (8% of the population), while their French-born descendants numbered 6.5million, or 11% of the population. Thus, nearly a fifth of the country's population were either first or second-generation immigrants, of which more than 5million were of European origin and 4million of Maghrebi ancestry. [269] [270] [271] In 2008, France granted citizenship to 137,000 persons, mostly from Morocco, Algeria and Turkey. [272] The surface of the Western Hemisphere of the Earth with South America in the center and Antarctica at the bottom. On the right side of the globe a partial solar eclipse is visible, which occurs when a part of the Earth gets into a shadow cast by the moon. The Pacific Ocean is, with an area of approximately 165 million km², the largest body of water; it lies between the Americas (North and South America) on the east and Asia and Australasia on the west. It is divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific oceans. Its northern and southern boundaries are the two polar circles.There are lots more fantastic resources available you can use to complement this poster. You can use more display items to teach your children more about the French-speaking countries, worksheets to help your children with their French and lots more. Here are a few suggestions which you might find useful: The final victory in the Hundred Years' War marked an important stage in the evolution of French architecture. It was the time of the French Renaissance and several artists from Italy were invited to the French court; many residential palaces were built in the Loire Valley, from 1450 as a first reference the Château de Montsoreau. [316] Examples of such residential castles include the Château de Chambord, the Château de Chenonceau, or the Château d'Amboise. The depth specifications are not definitive. Accurate measurement of the depth of the deep sea continues to be a challenge and has hardly been achieved so far. [ 3]