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Miscellaneous facts and
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- Most visited French touristic sites (Source : Observatoire National du Tourisme
2003) :
| Site |
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visitors/year (millions) |
| Notre-Dame |
Paris |
10 |
| Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre |
Paris |
8 |
| Tour Eiffel |
Paris |
5,9 |
| Musée du Louvre |
Paris |
5,7 |
| Centre Georges-Pompidou |
Paris |
5,3 |
| Mont-Saint-Michel |
Manche |
3,3 |
| Chateau de Versailles |
Versailles |
2,9 |
| Cité des Sciences de la Villette |
Paris |
2,9 |
| Musée d'Orsay |
Paris |
1,8 |
| Cathédrale de Reims |
Champagne |
1,5 |
| Cathédrale de Chartres |
Eure-et-Loir |
1,5 |
| American Cemetery Omaha Beach |
Normandie |
1,3 |
| Pont Romain du Gard |
Gard |
1,1 |
| Puy-du-Fou (spectacle médieval) |
Vendée |
1,1 |
| Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile |
Paris |
1,0 |
| Ville de Sarlat |
Dordogne |
1,0 |
| Musée de l'Armée |
Paris |
1,0 |
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- Charities : Americans
give to charities between 6 and 7 times more per capita than
the French (but the French pay much more taxes for social
help, museums, universities, hospitals, etc...). According to
Giving USA Foundation and CerPhi (in France), the gap is even
bigger : in 2005, 199 billion $ vs. 3,2 in France. But when it
comes to public aid for
development, the USA are far beyond France and Europe
(between one third and one half)... Among many others, the most
well known French charitable organizations include :
- Compagnons d'Emmaüs, for
the homeless, founded by Abbé
Pierre
- Restaurants du Coeur, free meals
for people who can't afford food, founded by Coluche
- Secours Catholique, sponsored
by the Catholic church
- Secours Populaire, very similar,
but sponsored by unions and left-wing political parties
- Medecins Sans Frontières,
the "French Doctors", in Third World countries, founded
by Bernard Kouchner
- Foreign students in France as compared to USA (Source : OECD 2004)
| |
France |
USA |
UK |
Germany |
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Total number of
foreign students
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152,881 |
586,323 |
275,270 |
163,213 |
| From Asia |
13,9% |
62,5% |
35,6% |
34,5% |
| From Europe |
25,6% |
13,8% |
45,4% |
50,5% |
| From Africa |
53,3% |
6,5% |
8,3% |
9,5% |
| From SouthAm |
2,9% |
6,1% |
1,2% |
2% |
| From NorthAm |
3,5%(°) |
10,2% |
8,5%(°°) |
2,5% |
| Others |
0,8% |
0,9% |
1% |
1% |
(°) : including USA : 1,5%
(°°) : including USA : 5,4%
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