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France · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Seen from inside and outside
How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.
France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest.
The Maison carrée was a temple of the Gallo-Roman city of Nemausus (present-day Nîmes) and is one of the best-preserved Roman temples anywhere.Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Gironde estuary is classified as a marine nature park and is part of the Natura 2000 network. The left bank is part of the Médoc regional nature park.…Anthony Baratier · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, a teaching hospital in Paris, is one of Europe's largest hospitals.[282]Mbzt · CC BY-SA 3.0
A Palme d'Or from the Cannes Film Festival, one of the "Big Three" film festivals alongside the Venice Film Festival and Berlin International Film…karel leermans · CC BY-SA 4.0
French wines are usually made to accompany French cuisine.No machine-readable author provided. PRA assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Each plays here in its platform’s own player, loaded only when you press play; the platform’s terms apply. Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one) · Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article
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Discussion
France · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Startups people read about
Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and other well-known investors · by Wikipedia views this week
Everyday apps here: Microsoft Outlook · Blitzer.de PRO · HappyCow - Vegan Food Near You · WorkOutDoors · TypeDraw. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 6,255 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Survey · Apr 20265% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 20266% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.
New businesses in France
124,240 businesses were created in September 2026, 25,185 of them companies, 23% more than a year earlier.
Sector
Sept 26
Change
Professional, scientific and support services
32,209
+24%
Trade and car repair
20,256
+42%
Public services, education, health and social work
13,935
+17%
Other services
12,182
+7%
Transport and storage
11,872
+30%
Information and communication
10,381
+62%
Every new business in the Sirene register: companies, and sole traders, most of them micro-entrepreneurs. By activity group. Source : Insee, créations d’entreprises, September 2026 (Licence Ouverte 2.0). All countries
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