Laotians in France

Laotians in France
ຄົນລາວຝຣັ່ງເສດ
Total population
200,000 (2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Paris, Marseille, Lille, Strasbourg
Languages
French (standard and Lao variant), Lao
Religion
Theravada Buddhism[2]
Related ethnic groups
Laotian diaspora, Asians in France

Laotians in France (Lao: ຄົນລາວຝຣັ່ງເສດ, French: Diaspora laotienne en France) consist of people of Lao ancestry who were born in or immigrated to France. The population as of 2019 is estimated to be 200,000.[3]

The Laotian community in France forms the most established overseas Laotian population outside of Southeast Asia, with a presence in the country dating to before the end of the Laotian Civil War and mass refugee migration that resulted from it.[4]

  1. ^ "Présentation du Laos" [Presentation of Laos] (in French). France: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Lao Buddhist organisations in France", World Buddhist Directory, Buddha Dharma Education Association, 2006, retrieved 2010-11-11
  3. ^ "Présentation du Laos" [Presentation of Laos] (in French). France: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ^ Carine Hahn, Le Laos, Karthala, 1999, page 77