French Brazilians

{{infobox ethnic group

| group = French Brazilians
Franco-brasileiro
Franco-Brésilien

|flag = {{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Brazil}}

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| image =

| pop = c. 1 million
0.5 of Brazil's population (2013)French Government in Brazil{{cite web |url=https://br.ambafrance.org/spip.php?action=api_docrestreint&arg=3010/120424a0a335b8f3f4ffc06858bb1e82d45942ec/pdf/la_france_et_le_bresil_en_chiffres_2014.pdf |title=LA FRANCE ET LE BRESIL EN CHIFFRES |access-date=23 November 2020|date =June 2013|language =fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124013228/https://br.ambafrance.org/spip.php?action=api_docrestreint&arg=3010%2F120424a0a335b8f3f4ffc06858bb1e82d45942ec%2Fpdf%2Fla_france_et_le_bresil_en_chiffres_2014.pdf |archive-date=24 November 2020 }}

| popplace = Predominantly São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, São Luís, Fortaleza, Parnaíba, Recife .

| langs = French, Portuguese

| rels = Predominantly Roman Catholicism

}}

French Brazilians ({{langx|fr|Franco-Brésilien}}; {{langx|pt|Franco-brasileiro or galo-brasileiro}}) refers to Brazilian citizens of full or partial French ancestry or persons born in France who reside in Brazil. Between 1850 and 1965 around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil.{{Cite journal|last=Chardenet|first=Patrick|date=2015-05-25|title=Les Français au Brésil : XIXe — XXe siècles|url=http://www.bulletin.auf.org/index.php?id=1980|journal=Le français à l'université. Bulletin des départements de français dans le monde|language=fr|issue=20–01}} The country received the second largest number of French immigrants to South America after Argentina (239,000). It is estimated that there are around 1 million Brazilians of French descent today.

French immigration to Brazil

From 1819 to 1940, 40,383 French people immigrated to Brazil. Most of them settled in the country between 1884 and 1925 (8,008 from 1819 to 1883, 25,727 from 1884 to 1925, 6,648 from 1926 to 1940). Another source estimates that around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil between 1850 and 1965.

The French community in Brazil numbered 592 in 1888 and 5,000 in 1915.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eiqFIaY0LpEC |title=Possible paradises: Basque emigration to Latin America |isbn=9780874174441 |quote=The French colony in this country numbered 592 in 1888 and 5,000 in 1915 (page 226). |last1=Pastor |first1=José Manuel Azcona |last2=Azcona |first2=José Manuel |year=2004 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It was estimated that 14,000 French people were living in Brazil in 1912, 9% of the 149,400 French people living in Latin America, the second largest community after Argentina (100,000).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDCbEhbfNMMC |title=L'Amérique latine et l'Europe à l'heure de la mondialisation |date=January 2002 |isbn=9782845862814 |quote=p. 194. Brésil : 14 000 (9%).}}

As of 2014, it is estimated that 30,000 French people are living in Brazil,{{cite web |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/services-aux-citoyens/preparer-son-expatriation/dossiers-pays-de-l-expatriation/bresil/ |title=France Diplomatie - Brésil |quote=La communauté française au Brésil est estimée à 30 000 personnes.}} most of them in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. They form the largest community of French expatriates in Latin America.

French colonies

Piracicaba (São Paulo - 1852)BASSANEZI, MARIA SILVA C. BEOZZO (org.). "Mapa das Colônias existentes na província de São Paulo em 1855". In: "São Paulo do Passado: Dados Demográficos – 1854". NEPO, UNICAMP, 1998
Guaraqueçaba (Paraná - 1852){{Cite web|last=andrereu|title=Guaraqueçaba|url=https://www.praiasdoparana.com.br/municipios/guaraquecaba/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Praias do Paraná|date=29 January 2009|language=pt-BR}}
Ivaí (Paraná - 1847){{Cite web|title=A história da colônia socialista paranaense criada por um francês em pleno século XIX|url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/caderno-g/a-historia-da-colonia-socialista-paranaense-criada-por-um-frances-em-pleno-seculo-xix-8shw36nt6hejmk17v6uds2evk/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Gazeta do Povo|language=pt-BR}}

Education

Brazil has the following French international schools:

Notable French Brazilians

References

Category:European diaspora in Brazil

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