Census Time in France

[Fred]

I feel a bit let down here Fred.

It's now February 14 and no one has come a'knocking at our door.

Does this mean we don't exist or our French chum don't like us very much?

Anyway.  Why are they doing a census?  Does this happend every year, every five years or every ten years?

Yours confused.....

Do you want me to do it for you.

#1 Name
#2 Date of Birth
#4 Were born
#4 Marital status
#5 Employment
#6 Surface area of your house
#7 Do you own your house
#8 Heating
#9 Vehicles
#10 How old is your house
#11 Do you know the regulations about placing a Baguette on your dashboard whilst driving in the middle of the road. (ok I fibbed about #11 but that was it I think)

They do it every 5 years I think, and it's done just to keep people in work and use some more paper to know the population of France and work out the budget.

I think it finishes 21 Feb so you still may get the knock at the door yet, but if you don't then you will have to join the Foreign Legion.