| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000 (French Diplomacy 2022) [1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Île-de-France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Alsace, Lorraine, Centre-Val de Loire, Rhône-Alpes, Aquitanie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Languages | |
| Polish, French | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, atheism, irreligion, Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Poles, French, Silesians, Germans in France, Czechs in France |
Poles in France form one of the largest Polish diaspora communities in Europe. Between 500,000 and one million people of Polish descent live in France,[2] concentrated in the Nord-Pas de Calais region, in the metropolitan area of Lille, the coal-mining basin (Bassin Minier) around Lens and Valenciennes and in the Ile-de-France.
Prominent members of the Polish community in France have included king Stanisław Leszczyński, Frédéric Chopin, Adam Mickiewicz, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Aleksander Chodźko, Marie Curie, Michel Poniatowski, Raymond Kopa, Ludovic Obraniak, Edward Gierek (who was raised there), Matt Pokora and singer Jean-Jacques Goldman and Rene Goscinny.
- ^ Erwin Dopf. "Présentation de la Pologne". diplomatie.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Dembik, Christopher (4 November 2010). "Where is France's Polish Community?". The Krakow Post. Retrieved 20 March 2022.