Congolese people in 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 |
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[]
Maître Gims (Gandhi Djuna) | |||||
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.
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- African diaspora in France
- French society
- French people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- French people of Republic of the Congo descent
- Ethnic groups in France
- Immigration to France by country of origin
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