Brazilians in France
{{Short description|Brazilian community in France}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Brazilians in France
{{small|Brasileiros na França}}
| image = Eu,Seine Maritime, France (6096239076).jpg
| population = 181 500{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/assuntos/portal-consular/arquivos/ComunidadeBrasileira2020.pdf|title=Comunidade Brasileira no Exterior - Estimativas referentes ao ano de 2020 | language=pt |publisher= Ministry of External Relations |date=14 September 2020 | access-date =24 February 2021}}{{cite web | url = http://www.brasileirosnomundo.itamaraty.gov.br/a-comunidade/estimativas-populacionais-das-comunidades/Estimativas%20RCN%202015%20-%20Atualizado.pdf | title = Brasileiros no Mundo - Estimativas | language = pt | trans-title = Brazilians Around The World - Estimations | date = 2015-03-28 | accessdate = 2016-03-24 | publisher = Ministry of External Relations | archive-date = 2020-07-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200731035543/http://www.brasileirosnomundo.itamaraty.gov.br/a-comunidade/estimativas-populacionais-das-comunidades/Estimativas%20RCN%202015%20-%20Atualizado.pdf | url-status = dead }}
| region1 = Metropolitan France
| region2 = French Guiana
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| pop3 =
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| caption = Coats of arms of the House of Orleans-Braganza at the Château d'Eu, residence of the Brazilian imperial family during their exile.
| langs = Portuguese, French
| rels = Roman Catholicism, Atheism
| related = Argentines in France, Portuguese people in France
}}
Brazilians in France number approximately 181,500 and form the largest immigrant group from Latin America in France. Nearly half of them live in French Guiana, including many who have crossed the border illegally.
History
= Background =
The ancestral origins of the Brazilian nation show recent ancestors of generations predominantly as Italians and Portuguese, but with strong African, Spanish, Japanese, German, British, French, Native American, Slavic and Semitic components, making most Brazilians able to join the European Union.
However, they faced very different legal circumstances that Portugal and Italy had long before they joined the EU migration policy, thousands of people a day come to the consulates of Portugal to process the new nationality or obtain a visa; nevertheless, they are not the most numerous among Latin American immigrants in Europe.
Demographics
The 2012 Census recorded 64,622 Brazilian-born people.{{Cite web|url=https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=48877|title = International Migration Database : Stock of foreign-born population by country of birth}}
Notable people
{{further|:Category:French people of Brazilian descent}}
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| image1 = Florent AMODIO NHK Trophy 2010.jpg | caption1 = Florent Amodio
| image2 = Nadar (atrib.) - Emmanuel Zamor.jpg | caption2 = Emmanuel Zamor
| image3 = Jean-Louis de Rambures-Foto.jpg | caption3 = Jean-Louis de Rambures
| image4 = Juliette Binoche Cannes 2017.jpg | caption4 = Juliette Binoche
| image5 = Gil de Ferran 2011 Indianapolis.JPG | caption5 = Gil de Ferran
| image7 = Cristina Córdula.jpg | caption7 = Cristina Córdula
| image8 = Carlos Ghosn 2010.jpg | caption8 = Carlos Ghosn
| image9 = Prince Luiz Gastão d'Orléans-Bragance (original).jpg | caption9 = Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
| image10 = Antoine d'Orleans et Braganza, by William Orpen.jpg | caption10 = Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
| image11 = Louane Cannes 2017.jpg | caption11 = Louane
| image12 = Januaria of Brazil 1865.jpg | caption12 = Januária of Brazil
| image13 = FranciscaGonzagaDeBranganca.jpg| caption13 = Francisca of Brazil
| image14 = Artur Ávila (cropped).jpg| caption14 = Artur Avila
| image15 = Juliana Carneiro da Cunha.JPG| caption15 = Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
| image16 = Marianne Peretti 01.jpg| caption16 = Marianne Peretti
| image17 = Paranhos1896.jpg| caption17 = Paulo do Rio Branco
| image18 =| caption18 = Lota de Macedo Soares
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