Catholics - 76 %, Moslems - 5 %, Protestants - 2 %, Israelite - 1 %.

Currency of France:
The international name: EUR
To change money it is better in the centres of cities, paying attention to a course (it is worse in hotels, the airports and stations with rare exception) and absence of commission fee of bank. Trevel-checks to cash very easily at stations and at the airports. Credit cards widespread.

Whether the visa to entrance is necessary: Yes

The visa:

Necessary documents for visa reception to France:
- The passport, which period of validity expires not less than in 4 months after prospective returning from the country.
- 2 filled questionnaires.
- 2 photos.
- A copy of the internal passport of all pages.
- The invitation original (guest, business or tourist).
- A medical insurance policy.
- The inquiry on incomes from a work place.
- For children - the birth certificate.
- For students - the inquiry from a study place.
- For temporarily idle it is necessary to give other documents certifying solvency of the person - credit cards, extracts from bank bills etc.
- The air ticket with the fixed dates of an arrival and a start.
- The inquiry on currency purchase for the sum from calculation 50 euros a day.
- At travel of children with one parent the exit visa of the child assured at the notary is necessary.

Customs restrictions:

Duty-free import of cigarettes - 200 pieces, a hard liquor - 1 l is resolved., fault - 2 l., spirits - 50 ãð, cologne – 500g, coffee - 500 ãð, tea – 40g., a foodstuff (fish - 2 kg., calves – 250g., products of an animal origin - 1 kg). Gold import in ingots, in the form of plates and coins - without the permission of bank of the country, illegally made printing materials is forbidden. At export to the obligatory customs control are subject: the weapon, subjects of olden time and art, a product from gold and precious metals. The quantity of imported and taken out means of payment is not limited.