French Brazilian
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| Notable French Brazilians: Alberto Santos-Dumont • Hércules Florence |
| Total population |
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| 500,000-1,000,000 |
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| Brazil:
Mainly Southern and Southeastern Brazil |
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Other White Brazilian, French people |
A French Brazilian (French: Franco-Brésilien, Portuguese: Franco Brasileiro) is a Brazilian citizen of full, partial, or predominantly French ancestry, or a French-born person residing in Brazil. Between 1850 and 1965 around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil. The country received the second largest amount of French immigrants to South America after Argentina (239,000). It is estimated that there are from 500,000 to 1,000,000 Brazilians of French descent today.[1]
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[edit] French immigration to Brazil
From 1819 to 1940, 40,383 Frenchmen 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.[2] It was estimated that 14,000 Frenchmen were living in Brazil in 1912, 9% of the 149,400 Frenchmen living in Latin America, the second largest community after Argentina (100,000).[3] Today it is estimated that from 500,000 to 1 million Brazilians have French ancestry.
[edit] French Colonies
- Guaraqueçaba (Paraná - 1852);[citation needed]
- Ivaí (Paraná - 1847).[citation needed]
