French Brazilians (French: Franco-Brésilien; Portuguese: 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.[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]
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| 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 |
French immigration to Brazil
editFrom 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
editBrazil has the following French international schools:
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
- Isabelle Tuchband
- Paulino Soares de Sousa, 1st Viscount of Uruguai
- Renée Le Brun de Vielmond
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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).
[permanent dead link] - ^ L'Amérique latine et l'Europe à l'heure de la mondialisation. January 2002. ISBN 9782845862814.
p. 194. Brésil : 14 000 (9%).
- ^ "France Diplomatie - Brésil".
La communauté française au Brésil est estimée à 30 000 personnes.
- ^ 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
- ^ andrereu (29 January 2009). "Guaraqueçaba". Praias do Paraná (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "A história da colônia socialista paranaense criada por um francês em pleno século XIX". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
