European Tunisians
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|caption= Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul, Tunis
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|langs= Tunisian Derja, French, Italian, Maltese{{cn|date=January 2025}}
|rels= Christianity (predominantly),{{cite book|last1=Greenberg|first1=Udi|last2= A. Foster|first2=Elizabeth|title=Decolonization and the Remaking of Christianity|year=2023|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|location=Pennsylvania|isbn=9781512824971|pages=105}} Judaism, Islam
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European Tunisians are Tunisians whose ancestry lies within the ethnic groups of Europe, notably the French and Italian. Other communities include those from Southern Europe and Northwestern Europe.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
Prior to independence, there were 255,000 Europeans in Tunisia in 1956 (mostly Catholics).[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2586700129.html Tunisia], Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. Thomson Gale. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. In 1926, there were 90,000 Italians in Tunisia, compared to 70,000 Frenchmen, despite the fact that Tunisia was a French protectorate, as well as 8,396 Maltese.Moustapha Kraiem. Le fascisme et les italiens de Tunisie, 1918-1939 pag. 57
Our Lady of Trapani procession is a traditional festival that the Tunisian Christian community celebrates on the 15th of August of each year at Saint-Augustin and Saint-Fidèle's church in the city of La Goulette in Tunis.{{Cite web|title=L'assomption et la procession de la Madone à La Goulette|url=https://lepetitjournal.com/tunis/communaute/lassomption-et-la-procession-de-la-madone-la-goulette-237745|access-date=2020-08-10|website=lepetitjournal.com|language=fr}}
History
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See also
Notable people
- Moufida Bourguiba (1890-1976), first First Lady of Tunisia (1957-1961)
References and footnotes
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