French Brazilians

Brazilians of French birth or descent

French Brazilians
Franco-brasileiro
Franco-Brésilien

Total population
c. 1 million
0.5 of Brazil's population (2013)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Predominantly São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, São Luís, Fortaleza, Parnaíba, Recife .
Languages
French, Portuguese
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Other Brazilians * French people
Other White Brazilians * Belgian Brazilians * Luxembourg Brazilians * German Brazilians * Swiss Brazilians * Austrian Brazilians * Greek Brazilians * Arab Brazilians * Italian Brazilians * Spanish Brazilians * Portuguese Brazilians
French Canadians * French Americans * French Argentines * French Mexicans * French Uruguayans
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1Overseas parts of France proper
Migration of minorities in France (i.e. Basques) can be considered as separate (ethnically) or French migration (by nationality).

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French Brazilians (French: Franco-Brésilien; Portuguese: Franco-brasileiro or galo-brasileiro) refers to Brazilian citizens of full of partial French ancestry or persons born in France who reside in Brazil. Between 1850 and 1965 around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil.[2] 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.[1]

## French immigration to Brazil[edit]

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.[3] 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).[4]

As of 2014, it is estimated that 30,000 French people are living in Brazil,[5] most of them in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. They form the largest community of French expatriates in Latin America.

## French colonies[edit]

* Piracicaba (São Paulo \- 1852)[6]
* Guaraqueçaba (Paraná \- 1852)[7]
* Ivaí (Paraná \- 1847)[8]

## Education[edit]

Brazil has the following French international schools:

* Lycée Pasteur de São Paulo
* Lycée Molière de Rio de Janeiro
* Lycée Français François Mitterrand \- Brasília

## Notable French Brazilians[edit]

* Alfred Agache
* Paulo Autran
* Vitor Belfort
* Ricardo Boechat
* Virginie Boutaud
* Lúcio Costa
* Louis Adolphe le Doulcet
* Marie Durocher
* Marc Ferrez
* Hércules Florence
* Françoise Forton
* Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
* Aurélien Hérisson
* Émile Mallet, Baron of Itapevi
* Érick Jacquin
* Éder Jofre
* Augusto Leverger, Baron of Melgaço
* Henriette Morineau
* Pardal Mallet
* Nelson Piquet
* Nelson Piquet Jr.
* Ivo Pitanguy
* Hermano da Silva Ramos
* Alberto Santos-Dumont
* Arkan Simaan
* Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy
* Magda Tagliaferro
* Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay
* Félix Taunay
* Paulino Soares de Sousa, 1st Viscount of Uruguai
* Renée Le Brun de Vielmond

## See also[edit]

* Brazil portal
* France portal

* Brazil–France relations
* Brazilians in France
* Brazilians in French Guiana
* Immigration to Brazil
* White Brazilians
* Huguenots in South Africa
* French Canadians
* French people
* French invasions in Brazil

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b French Government in Brazil"LA FRANCE ET LE BRESIL EN CHIFFRES" (PDF) (in French). June 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
2. ^ Chardenet, Patrick (2015-05-25). "Les Français au Brésil : XIXe — XXe siècles". Le français à l'université. Bulletin des départements de français dans le monde (in French) (20–01).
3. ^ Pastor, José Manuel Azcona; Azcona, José Manuel (2004). Possible paradises: Basque emigration to Latin America. ISBN 9780874174441. "The French colony in this country numbered 592 in 1888 and 5,000 in 1915 (page 226)."
4. ^ L'Amérique latine et l'Europe à l'heure de la mondialisation. January 2002. ISBN 9782845862814. "p. 194. Brésil : 14 000 (9%)."
5. ^ "France Diplomatie - Brésil". "La communauté française au Brésil est estimée à 30 000 personnes."
6. ^ 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
7. ^ andrereu (29 January 2009). "Guaraqueçaba". Praias do Paraná (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
8. ^ "A história da colônia socialista paranaense criada por um francês em pleno século XIX". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-16.

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Oceania|

* Australia
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South America|

* Argentina
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* Chile
* Colombia
* Peru
* Uruguay

See also|

* Basques
* Bretons
* Walloons
* Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico

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