| Total population | |
|---|---|
| est. 500,000 – 1,200,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Alsace, Aquitaine, Île-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrénées, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Bretagne | |
| Languages | |
| French,[2] Spanish, Romani, Sinti-Manouche, Erromintxela, Kaló | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Evangelicalism |
Romani people in France (French: Roms en France), generally known in spoken French as gitans, tsiganes or manouches, are an ethnic group that originated in Northern India. The exact number of Romani people in France is unknown; estimates vary from 500,000 to 1,200,000[clarification needed].[1]
- ^ a b "Situation of Roma in France at crisis proportions – report". EurActiv. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Nahon, Peter (2024), "The French linguistic varieties of Gypsies and Travellers: an original diastratic variation perspective", Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, 140 (1): 30-76, doi:10.1515/zrp-2024-0002