Moroccans in Belgium

Moroccan-Belgians
Total population
429,580 (2012)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Belgium
 Morocco
Languages
French, Dutch, Moroccan Arabic, Rifian, Shilha, Spanish,[2] Italian
Religion
Islam
Minority: Judaism, Irreligion, Christianity[3]
Related ethnic groups
Arabs and Berbers in Belgium

Moroccans and people of Moroccan descent, who come from various ethnic groups, form a distinct community in Belgium and part of the wider Moroccan diaspora. They represent the largest non-European immigrant population in Belgium and are widely referred to as Belgo-Marocains in French and Belgische Marokkanen in Dutch.

  1. ^ "429.580 Belges sont d'origine marocaine: deux fois plus qu'il y a 20 ans!" (in French). Sud-Info. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Spaanse Marokkanen: In dit apenland kan alles, redeneren ze" (in Dutch). Gazette van Antwerpen. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ Lederer, Gyorgy (2009), "Hungary", in Nielsen, Jorgen; Akgönül, Samim; Alibašic, Ahmet; Maréchal, Brigitte; Moe, Christian (eds.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 1, BRILL Publishers, p. 69-72, ISBN 978-9047428503