Congolese people in France

Congolese people in France
Total population
	58,351
Regions with significant populations
	Paris
Languages
	Kongo, Lingala, French
Religion
	Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
	Black people in France, Afro-French

Congolese people in France consist of migrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo and their descendants living and working in France.

History[]

The first Congolese people to arrive in France came later than the first African immigrants. While people from the Senegal River Valley (Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea) first arrived in the 1960s, Central Africans (chiefly from Cameroon and Congo), arrived in the 1970s.^[2] Most of them come for work or familial reunification, but there is also a large number of Congolese people who come with a statute of political asylum during the 1990s.^{[clarification needed]}^[3]

Notable people[]

Jirès Kembo Ekoko	Presnel Kimpembe	Maître Gims (Gandhi Djuna)	Jean-Victor Makengo	Steve Mandanda	Chris Mavinga
Arnold Mvuemba	Granddi Ngoyi	Steven Nzonzi	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Youssoupha

References[]

^ "NAT1 - Population par sexe, âge et nationalité en 2014 − France métropolitaine −Étrangers - Immigrés en 2014 | Insee".
^ http://www.politique-africaine.com/numeros/pdf/067041.pdf
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "NAT1 - Population par sexe, âge et nationalité en 2014 − France métropolitaine −Étrangers - Immigrés en 2014 | Insee".

[2] ttp://www.politique-africaine.com/numeros/pdf/067041.pdf

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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v t African diasporas in France
Arabs Berbers Black people in France Maghrebi communities of Paris Sub-Saharan African community of Paris
North Africa	Algerians Moroccans Tunisians
East Africa	Comorians Malagasy Mauritians
Central Africa	Angolans Cameroonians Cape Verdeans Congolese Gabonese
West Africa	Beninese Bissau-Guineans Ghanaians Guineans Ivorians Malians Mauritanians Senegalese Togolese
Southern Africa	South Africans
Demographics of France Immigration to France

Total population

58,351^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Paris
Languages
Kongo, Lingala, French
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Black people in France, Afro-French