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Cultural institutions (subdomains)
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Cultural heritage
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Cultural heritage sites
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- 14 070 classified national heritage sites “monuments historiques classés” (2012)
- 28 938 registered national heritage sites (2012)
- 119 483 classified movable objects (2011)
- Around 100 national heritage sites, State property (2013)
- 38 Unesco World Heritage Sites (2013)
- 163 sites labelled “villes et pays d’art et d’histoire” (2011)
- 373 distinguished gardens “jardins remarquables” (2011)
- 111 sites labelled “maison des illustres / residence of renowned” (2011)
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Museums
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- 1 220 Museums of France (2011)
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Archives (of public authorities)
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- 3 sites of the National Archives and 11 401 254 digitised documents (2010)
- 26 regional archives services (2010)
- 101 departmental (county) archives services and 263 142 digitised documents (2010)
- 1 National Institute of Broadcasting (audiovisual archives)
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Intangible heritage
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- 11 practices and expressions registered on the UNESCO Lists of
Intangible Cultural Heritage (1 “in Need of Urgent Safeguarding”)
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Visual arts
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Public art galleries / exhibition halls
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- 1 National Centre of Visual Arts that runs the National Fund for Contemporary Art (2013)
- 23 Regional Funds for Contemporary Art (2013)
- 50 Contemporary Art Centres in 19 regions (2012)
- 1 244 private art galleries (2011)
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Higher Education
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- 45 Art Schools in 58 sites (2013)
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Performing arts
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Symphonic orchestras
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- 4 orchestras of Radio France : orchestre national de France, orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, chœur de Radio France, maîtrise de Radio France (2013)
- 24 regional orchestras (2011)
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Music schools
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- 298 communal or intercommunal conservatoires (2013)
- 110 county conservatoires (2013)
- 43 regional conservatoires (2013)
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Higher education
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- 10 music and dance academies (2011)
- 11 training centres for music and dance teachers (2011)
- 9 training centres for school music practitioners (2011)
- 11 theatre academies (2013)
- 3 circus academies (2013)
- 1 puppetry academy (2013)
- 2 performing arts academies (2013)
- 1 training platform for street arts (2013)
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Dramatic theatre
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- 5 national theatres (2013)
- 40 national and regional dramatic centres (2013)
- 178 State-approved and State-agreed theatres (scènes nationales and scènes conventionnées) (2013)
- 12 national poles of circus (2013)
- 9 national centres of street-arts (2013)
- 627 subsidised drama companies (2010)
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Music theatres, opera houses
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- 1 national opera in Paris (2 venues: Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille) (2014)
- 1 Opéra-Comique (2014)
- 13 regional operas (2014)
- 1 Cité de la musique in Paris (2014)
- 11 musical auditoriums in Paris (salle Pleyel, Louvre auditorium, Radio France auditorium, opening of the Philharmonie de Paris in 2015), Angers, Bourges, Bordeaux, Dijon, Lille, Lyon, Nantes (2014)
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Dance and ballet companies
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- 1 National Dance Centre (2013)
- 19 choreographic centres and ballet companies (2010)
- 10 centres for choreographic development (2013)
- 258 subsidised dance companies (2011)
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Books and Libraries
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Libraries
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- 3 special-status libraries: Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), Bibliothèque publique d’information (BPI), médiathèque (multimedia library) of Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (2014)
- 6 948 municipal libraries (2011)
- 97 county libraries (2014)
- 5 overseas county libraries and 1 Bernheim Library in New Caledonia (2014)
- More than 1 400 academic libraries and resource centres involved in
the collective catalogue of Higher Education and Research institutions (Système Universitaire de Documentation), corresponding to around 3 400 information and resource points/venues (2014)
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Other institutions
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- 1 National Centre for Book Industry (Centre national du livre) (2013)
- 20 regional institutions for book policy (2011)
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Audiovisual
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Broadcasting organisations
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- France Télévision: 5 national mainland TV channels (France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 et France Ô) and 1 overseas broadcasting
network (TV and radio)
- Radio France: 6 national stations (France Inter, France Info, France Culture, France Musiques, FIP, Le Mouv’) and 1 network of local
stations (France Bleu)
- 1 Franco-German and European channel: Arte France
- France Médias Monde: 1 international radio (RFI), 1 arab-speaking radio (Monte Carlo Doualiya), 1 international news channel (France 24), shareholder of 49% of the French-speaking world channel TV5.
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Interdisciplinary
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Socio-cultural centres / cultural houses
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- 1 460 “youth and culture centres” (maisons des jeunes et de la culture, MJC) and associated institutions, organised in 2 main unions (2013):
- Fédération française des MJC: 560 MJC
- Confédération des MJC de France: 900 MJC
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Other
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- 5 heritage academies: École du Louvre, École nationale des Chartes, National Institute of Heritage, École de Chaillot, National Academy of Information Sciences and Libraries.
- 3 cinema and audiovisual academies: École nationale supérieure Louis Lumière, Inasup-audiovisual and digital techniques academy, La Femis-national academy of image and sound
- 5508 cinemas in mainland France (2012)
- around 300 artistic and cultural academic training courses in more
than 50 universities: visual and applied arts, music and performing
arts, cinema and audiovisual, arts management and administration,
history of art, heritage and archaeology (2008).
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