French people in Hong Kong

Ethnic group

French people in Hong KongTotal population

25,000 (2016, French Consulate)
6,534 (2019, Immigration Department)
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The French Consulate estimates there are over 25,000 French citizens in Hong Kong.[1] The Immigration Department of Hong Kong estimated that 6,534 French nationals were in Hong Kong in 2019, an increase from 2,375 in 2009; the IMMD counts people physically present in Hong Kong because some people with Hong Kong permanent residency may have left the city.[2]

It is the largest French community in Asia.[3]

## Education

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French International School of Hong Kong Blue Pool Road Campus, Happy Valley

The French International School of Hong Kong operates multiple campuses in Hong Kong.

## Famous ethnic French people

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* Camille Cheng: Swimmer

## See also

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* France portal
* Hong Kong portal

* France–Hong Kong relations
* Le French May
* Former French Mission Building
* Béthanie (Hong Kong)

## References

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1. ^ "Message from Consul General of France in Hong Kong and Macau". South China Morning Post. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022.
2. ^ Nightingale, Nicola. "Expat identities: why the French feel at home in Hong Kong". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
3. ^ With Its French Population Soaring, Hong Kong Emerges as Asia’s Gallic Capital

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Hongkongers

By migration history|

* Indigenous inhabitants
* New immigrants
* Returnees
* Refugees and asylum seekers

By Chinese dialect group|

* Yue people (Ethnic Cantonese and Sze Yap/Taishanese (list))
* Puntis (Aboriginal)
* Hakka
* Fujianese/Hoklo/Hokkien
* Hoklo
* Shanghainese (and Ningbo) (list)
* Tanka
* Teochew

By nationality or ethnicity|

| From Asia|

* East Asians
* Japanese
* Koreans
* South Asians
* Indians
* Nepalis
* Pakistanis
* Southeast Asians
* Filipinos
* Indonesians
* Thais
* Vietnamese

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Others|

* Africans
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* Canadians
* French
* Jews
* Russians
* Ukrainians

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French diaspora

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* French Dahomey
* Burkina Faso
* French Upper Volta
* Cameroon
* French Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Ubangi-Shari
* Chad
* French Chad
* Comoros
* French Comoros
* Republic of the Congo
* Brazzaville
* Djibouti
* French Somaliland
* Gabon
* French Gabon
* The Gambia
* James Island
* Albreda
* Ghana  (White Ghanaian)
* Guinea
* French Guinea
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Madagascar
* Mali
* French Sudan
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Namibia (Afrikaners)
* Niger
* Colony of Niger
* Réunion1
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* South Africa (Afrikaners)
* Togo
* French Togoland
* Tunisia

Asia|

* Hong Kong
* India
* Japan
* Korea
* Pakistan

Middle East|

* Israel
* Lebanon
* Turkey
* United Arab Emirates

Europe|

* Hungary
* Netherlands (Huguenots)
* United Kingdom (Huguenots)

North America|

* Canada
* Acadians
* Brayon
* Basque
* Franco-Albertans
* Franco-Columbian
* Franco-Manitoban
* Franco-Nunavois
* Franco-Ontarian
* Franco-Ténois
* Franco-Newfoundlander
* Franco-Yukonnais
* Fransaskois
* Québécois
* Cuba
* French Antilles1
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* United States
* Cajuns
* French Canadians
* Huguenots
* Breton
* Corsican
* Basque

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand

South America|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Peru
* Uruguay

See also|

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

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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