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| 400,000 — 750,000 (est.) | |
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| Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Valence | |
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| French, Armenian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Armenian Apostolic Minority Catholic, Evangelical and Atheist |
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Armenians in France (Armenian: ֆրանսահայեր, romanized: Fransahayer; French: Arméniens de France) are French citizens of Armenian ancestry. The French Armenian community is, by far, the largest in the European Union[1][2] and the third largest in the world, after Russia and the United States.[3][4]
Although the first Armenians settled in France in the Middle Ages, like most of the Armenian diaspora, the Armenian community in France was established by survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915. Others came through the second half of the 20th century, fleeing political and economic instability in the Middle Eastern countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iran) and, more recently, from Armenia.
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The Armenian Diaspora of France, with almost 300,000 people, is the third largest community of Armenians in the world outside of Armenia itself (the first is in the United States, the second in Russia).