French Brazilians (French: Franco-Brésilien; Portuguese: Franco-brasileiro or galo-brasileiro) refers to Brazilian citizens of full of partial French ancestry or persons born in France who reside in Brazil. Between 1850 and 1965 around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil.[2] The country received the second largest number of French immigrants to South America after Argentina (239,000). It is estimated that there are around 1 million Brazilians of French descent today.[1]
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1 million 0.5 of Brazil's population (2013)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, São Luís, Fortaleza, Parnaíba, Recife . | |
| Languages | |
| French, Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Brazilians · French people Other White Brazilians · Belgian Brazilians · Luxembourg Brazilians · German Brazilians · Swiss Brazilians · Austrian Brazilians · Greek Brazilians · Arab Brazilians · Italian Brazilians · Spanish Brazilians · Portuguese Brazilians French Canadians · French Americans · French Argentines · French Mexicans · French Uruguayans |
French immigration to Brazil
From 1819 to 1940, 40,383 French people immigrated to Brazil. Most of them settled in the country between 1884 and 1925 (8,008 from 1819 to 1883, 25,727 from 1884 to 1925, 6,648 from 1926 to 1940). Another source estimates that around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil between 1850 and 1965.
The French community in Brazil numbered 592 in 1888 and 5,000 in 1915.[3] It was estimated that 14,000 French people were living in Brazil in 1912, 9% of the 149,400 French people living in Latin America, the second largest community after Argentina (100,000).[4]
As of 2014, it is estimated that 30,000 French people are living in Brazil,[5] most of them in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. They form the largest community of French expatriates in Latin America.
French colonies
- Piracicaba (São Paulo - 1852)[6]
- Guaraqueçaba (Paraná - 1852)[7]
- Ivaí (Paraná - 1847)[8]
Education
Brazil has the following French international schools:
Notable French Brazilians
- Alfred Agache
- Paulo Autran
- Vitor Belfort
- Ricardo Boechat
- Virginie Boutaud
- Lúcio Costa
- Louis Adolphe le Doulcet
- Marie Durocher
- Marc Ferrez
- Hércules Florence
- Françoise Forton
- Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
- Aurélien Hérisson
- Émile Mallet, Baron of Itapevi
- Érick Jacquin
- Éder Jofre
- Augusto Leverger, Baron of Melgaço
- Henriette Morineau
- Pardal Mallet
- Nelson Piquet
- Nelson Piquet Jr.
- Ivo Pitanguy
- Hermano da Silva Ramos
- Alberto Santos-Dumont
- Arkan Simaan
- Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy
- Magda Tagliaferro
- Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay
- Félix Taunay
- Paulino Soares de Sousa, 1st Viscount of Uruguai
- Renée Le Brun de Vielmond
