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David
05-02-2009, 11:45 PM
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Culture and Leisure

Culture and Leisure


The Ministry of Culture’s budget for 2007 was €3.2 billion .
The financing of cultural activities costs some €12.6 billion , half provided by the State and half by local authorities.

On average, households spend €1,385 a year on culture, leisure activities, sports and games.
Newspapers

27% of French people read a daily newspaper. There are 10 national newspapers and 109 regional papers (dailies and weeklies). Total annual circulation is 4.7 billion.
Since 2002, larger cities have been distributing several free dailies. “Metro,” distributed in Paris, has a readership of more than one million people..
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