French Argentines

French Argentines
Franco-Argentin (French)
Franko-argentinarrak (Basque)
Franco-argentino (Spanish)
Argentina France
Total population
9,953 (by birth, 2023)[1]
8,000,000 (by ancestry)
17% of Argentina's population[2]
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Regions with significant populations
Throughout Argentina
(Plurality in the Pampas)
Languages
Majority: Spanish.
Minority: French, Occitan and Basque.
Religion
Majority: Roman Catholicism
Minority: Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
French people · French Americans · French Brazilians · French Uruguayans

French Argentines (French: Franco-Argentins; Spanish: franco-argentinos) refers to Argentine citizens of full or partial French ancestry or persons born in France who reside in Argentina. French Argentines form one of the largest ancestry groups after Italian Argentines and Spanish Argentines. Between 1857 and 1946, 261,020 French people immigrated to Argentina.[3] Besides immigration from continental France, Argentina also received, as early as the 1840s, immigrants with French background from neighboring countries, notably Uruguay,[4] which expanded the French Argentine community. It is estimated that around 8 million Argentines had some degree of French ancestry, up to 17% of the total population.[5]

Argentines of French descent make up a substantial proportion of the Argentine population, but they are less visible than other similarly-sized ethnic group because of the high degree of assimilation and the lack of substantial French colonies throughout the country.

  1. ^ "Datos sociodemográficos por país de nacimiento". RENAPER - Dirección Nacional de Población. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  2. ^ Les merveilleux francophiles argentins 1
  3. ^ Celton, Dora Estela; Domenach, Hervé; Guillon, Michelle (1995). "Plus d'un siècle d'immigration internationale en Argentine". Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales. 11 (2): 145–165. doi:10.3406/remi.1995.1468. Entre 1857 et 1946, 261 020 Français sont entrés dans le pays, dont 37% ont décidé de s'installer définitivement (page 158).
  4. ^ "Inmigración francesa al Río de la Plata". En Argentina, muchos de los descendientes de franceses que viven en el país, tienen evidencia de que sus antepasados vivieron en un primer momento en el Uruguay. La guerra civil uruguaya acontecida entre 1843 y 1844 originó el éxodo de muchos inmigrantes hacia la Argentina.
  5. ^ "Canal Académie: Les merveilleux francophiles argentins–1". Il faut savoir qu'en 2006, 17% d'Argentins ont un ancêtre venu de France. Près de 6 millions d'Argentins ont donc des origines françaises.