Portuguese in the Netherlands
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 24,242 (2015) CBS Statline | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Netherlands | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, Dutch | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Portuguese people |
Portuguese in the Netherlands (also known as Portuguese Dutch or the Dutch Portuguese Community) are the citizens or residents of the Netherlands whose ethnic origins lie in Portugal.
Demographics[]
Portuguese Dutch are Portuguese-born citizens with a Dutch citizenship or Dutch-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship.
Portuguese arrived to the Netherlands in the early and middle 18th century, as immigrants, mostly from Madeira Island and Lisbon. Prior to 1975, Cape Verdean immigrants were registered as Portuguese immigrants from the overseas province of Portuguese Cape Verde.
Over 20,000 of Dutch people claim that they are of Portuguese descent.[citation needed]
Notable people[]
See also[]
| show Portuguese diaspora |
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Categories:
- Ethnic groups in the Netherlands
- Dutch people of Portuguese descent
- Portuguese expatriates in the Netherlands