British migration to France
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| est. 400,000[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées, Brittany, Poitou-Charentes, Corsica, Centre-Val de Loire, Limousin, Pays de la Loire, Lower Normandy, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Languages | |
| English, French | |
| Religion | |
| Anglicanism, Protestantism, Atheism, Irreligion, Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Britons |
British migration to France has resulted in France being home to one of the largest British-born populations outside the United Kingdom. Migration from the UK to France has increased rapidly from the 1990s onwards. Estimates of the number of British citizens living in France vary from 170,000[3] to 400,000.[4][5][6] Besides Paris, many British expatriates tend to be concentrated in the regions of southern France, Brittany, and recently the island of Corsica.[7][8][failed verification]
Demographics[]
Population size[]
There are conflicting estimates of the size of the British community in France. Estimates range from 172,000-400,000.[3][9] The main destinations of British migration to France apart from Paris are rural areas of France and the southern areas of the country. The major regions chosen by this community are Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Brittany and Corsica. In Eymet, Dordogne, British immigrants account for a third of the local population, and in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche and l'Etang-la-Ville in the Yvelines department near Paris, are a large proportion of UK nationals.
Today[]
In 2014, the National Statistics Institute (INSEE, for its acronym in French) published a study, reporting that there are double the number of British immigrants, this increase having resulted from the financial crisis that affected several countries in Europe in that period; as a result, this has driven up the number of Europeans living in France.[10] The number of British immigrants in France increased by 50% between 2009 and 2012.[11][10]
Other European immigrants in France: Portuguese 8%, British 5%, Spanish 5%, Italians 4%, Germans 4%, Romanians 3%, Belgians 3%.[10] Displaced workers of Europe in France are: Poles (18% of the total), followed by the Portuguese people (15%) and Romanians (13%).[12][10]
Notable people[]
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See also[]
- French migration to the United Kingdom
- France–United Kingdom relations
- Swiss migration to France
- Belgian migration to France
References[]
- ^ "Présentation du Royaume-Uni". France Diplomatie : : Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
- ^ "Relations bilatérales".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "How many British immigrants are there in other countries". Royal Statistical Society.
- ^ "Présentation du Royaume-Uni". France Diplomatie : : Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-18.
- ^ Gerard, Maïder (2017-06-19). "Brexit : hausse de 254 % du nombre de Britanniques demandant la nationalité française en 2016". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
- ^ Bennett, Asa (2015-05-21). "Emigration nation: who are the thousands fleeing Britain each year?". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
- ^ "Brits Abroad". BBC. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ "Where have the figures come from?". Brits Abroad FAQs: The data. BBC. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ "The British in Europe". MigrationWatch.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Qui sont les nouveaux immigrés qui vivent en France ?". SudOuest.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-18.
- ^ 20Minutos. "El número de inmigrantes españoles en Francia se ha duplicado con la crisis". 20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
- ^ "Travailleurs détachés : que disent (vraiment) les chiffres ?". www.europe1.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-18.
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