Guémené-Penfao
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Guémené-Penfao is a commune
in the Loire-Atlantique
department in western France
. The name comes from Breton language "gwen" (white) "menez" (hill, mountain), "pen" (head) and "faou" (beech tree). The main economic activity is agriculture.
Edith Cresson
's doctoral thesis was on the demography
of women in Guémené-Penfao.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...
department in western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The name comes from Breton language "gwen" (white) "menez" (hill, mountain), "pen" (head) and "faou" (beech tree). The main economic activity is agriculture.
Edith Cresson
Édith Cresson
Édith Cresson is a French politician. She was the first and so far only woman to have held the office of Prime Minister of France.- French Prime Minister :Cresson was appointed to the prime ministerial post by President François Mitterrand on 15 May 1991...
's doctoral thesis was on the demography
Demography
Demography is the statistical study of human population. It can be a very general science that can be applied to any kind of dynamic human population, that is, one that changes over time or space...
of women in Guémené-Penfao.