France was the 12th nation to open its first MacDo’s - in June 1972
Is ranked 6th by current number of outlets with 1,419 - indeed about 1/10 of the number in the 'States which has 14,146, 2nd is Japan with 2,975. The UK has fewer outlets with 1,274
Has one outlet per 45,708 population (rank 26th), the US has one outlet per 22,985 population and the UK one outlet per 51,106
The US has one outlet per 268.4 square miles, France one per 174.3 square miles and the UK has one per 73.5 square miles. The US is quite a large place with a lot of empty space though.
Good for Oleron.
The main road north/south can be very congested, especially on Saturdays when people are leaving.
I found it amazing that people sit in a huge traffic jam when, if they loked at the map, they could drive nearly straight up the bridge.
But I find they cover that horrible three o’clock to six thirty gap when all the resto’s are closed. Of course, if you find a boulangerie that will heat up a quiche for you, that does the job even better!