French Argentine
| Total population | |
|---|---|
|
(6,000,000 |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout Argentina | |
| Languages | |
| Rioplatense Spanish. Minorities speak French, Occitan and Basque. | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Argentines of European descent · French people · French Americans · French Chileans · French Mexicans · French Peruvians · French Uruguayans |
(6,000,000
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 the third largest ancestry group after Italian Argentines and Spanish Argentines. Between 1857 and 1946, 261,020 French people immigrated to Argentina. Today more than 6 million Argentines have some degree of French ancestry (up to 17% of the total population).
While Argentines of French descent make up a substantial percent of the Argentine population, they are less visible than other similarly-sized ethnic groups. This is due to the high degree of assimilation and the lack of substantial French colonies throughout the country.
During the first half of the 19th century, most of French immigrants to the New World settled in the United States and in Uruguay. While the United States received 195,971 French immigrants between 1820 and 1855, only 13,922 Frenchmen, most of them from the Basque Country and Béarn, left for Uruguay between 1833 and 1842. During this period of time, Uruguay received most of French immigrants to South America as the conflictual relationship between Rosas and the French government had created a xenophobic climate against French immigrants in the Buenos Aires province. After the fall of Rosas in 1852, Argentina overtook Uruguay and became the main pole of attraction for French immigrants in Latin America.
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