Paris, June 14 (BridgeNews) - France's private sector created 116,000 new jobs between January and March, a 0.8% increase from the fourth quarter of 2000 and up 3.5% on year, according to final non-farm payroll data released by French national statistics institute INSEE and the Labor Ministry. The fastest rate of job growth in the first quarter was in the construction sector, where the rise was 1.1% compared with the previous quarter and 5.6% on the year.