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PARIS, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Joblessness in France increased by 0.8 percent in December after it hit a three-year low a month earlier, official figures showed on Tuesday.
In December, an additional 26,100 people were reported without job, bringing the total number of unemployed up to 3.473 million in the mainland, data from the labor ministry showed.
With the overseas departments taken into account, the number of job seekers grew by 0.7 percent to 3.729 million compared to November's data.
On yearly basis, jobless claims were down by 3.0 percent, the lowest level since 2007. Enditem
