Per capita Gross Domestic Product: $18,670
Life Expectancy: Male 75, Female 83
Number of people per radio: 1.2
Number of people per television: 2
Number of people per telephone: 1.8
7% of the population is employed in agriculture
France has a variety of climates and terrains from temperate valleys in the north to the Alps in the lower part of the country and the mediterranean climate of the southern coast.
We think of traditional European music when we think of French music. The French, however, have learned to love jazz music and celebrate it with one of Europe's great jazz festivals, Montreaux.