ຄົນລາວຝຣັ່ງເສດ | |
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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]