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Bank Holidays in France for 2008, 2009

France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Government РUnitary semi-presidential republic. President РNicolas Sarkozy (UMP). Prime Minister РFran̤ois Fillon.

Paris – the capital city of France. It is situated on the Seine river, in northern France, at the heart of the ÃŽle-de-France region. The Paris Region hosts 36 of the Fortune Global 500 companies in several business districts, notably La Défense, the largest purpose – built business district in Europe. Paris hosts many international organizations such as the OECD, UNESCO, the ICC and the informal Paris Club. Famous cities: Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Reims, Grenoble, Cannes, Grasse, Le Mans, Antibes, etc.

Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings for France is 0.952 (10th, high) in High Human Development countries.

Currency – Euro (€) (EUR)(1 Euro = 100 eurocent).
Gini coefficient – 26.7%.
French Fiscal year – Calendar year.
Inflation (CPI) – 1.5%.
Public debt – $1.210 trillion (2006, 64.7 % of GDP).

France has one of the largest economies in the world. France's economy to be third in the list of European nations, behind both Germany and the United Kingdom. Main industries – machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). If a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, it is taking off the Monday or Friday thus creating a long weekend. Time zone — (UTC+1), Summer (DST) – (UTC+2).

P.S. : March 21 (Fri) – currency and/or stock exchange holiday;
August 15 (Fri) – stock market facilities REMAIN OPEN.

France Daylight Savings Time

Daylight Savings Time usually will begin the last Sunday of March, ending the last Sunday of October.