French Argentines: Difference between revisions

| flag = {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|France}}

| group = French Argentines

| native_name = {{native name|fr|Franco-Argentin}}<br>{{native name|eu|Franko-argentinarrak}}<br>{{native name|es|Franco-argentino}}

| image =

| population = '''9,953''' (by birth, 2023)<ref name='RENAPER 2023'>{{cite web |title=Datos sociodemográficos por país de nacimiento |url=https://estadisticas.renaper.gob.ar/app_extranjeros/ |website=RENAPER - Dirección Nacional de Población |access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref><br>'''68,000,000''' (by ancestry)<br><small>17% of Argentina's population<ref>[http://www.canalacademie.com/ida1009-Les-merveilleux-francophiles-argentins-1.html?var_recherche=argentin Les merveilleux francophiles argentins 1]</ref></small><br>{{Better source|reason = informal claim (radio talk) of a non-specialist, and not in English|date=November 2019}}

| popplace = Throughout Argentina<br><small>(Plurality in the [[Pampas]])</small>

| langs = Majority: [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<br>Minority: [[French language|French]], [[Occitan language|Occitan]] and [[Basque language|Basque]].

| rels = Majority: [[Roman Catholicism]]<br>Minority: [[Irreligion]]

| related = [[French people]]{{·}}[[French Americans]]{{·}}[[French Brazilians]]{{·}}[[French Uruguayan]]s

'''French Argentines''' ({{lang-fr|Franco-Argentins}}; {{lang-es|franco-argentinos}}) refers to [[Argentines|Argentine]] citizens of full or partial [[French people|French]] ancestry or persons born in [[France]] who reside in [[Argentina]]. French Argentines form one of the largest ancestry groups after [[Italian Argentines]] and [[Spanish Argentines]]. Between 1857 and 1946, 261,020 French people immigrated to Argentina.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/remi_0765-0752_1995_num_11_2_1468 |title=Plus d'un siècle d'immigration internationale en Argentine |year=1995 |doi=10.3406/remi.1995.1468 |quote=Entre 1857 et 1946, 261 020 Français sont entrés dans le pays, dont 37% ont décidé de s'installer définitivement (page 158).|last1=Celton |first1=Dora Estela |last2=Domenach |first2=Hervé |last3=Guillon |first3=Michelle |journal=Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=145–165 }}</ref> Besides immigration from [[Metropolitan France|continental France]], Argentina also received, as early as the 1840s, immigrants with French background from neighboring countries, notably [[French Uruguayans|Uruguay]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genfrancesa.ar.tripod.com/inmigracion/inmigracion_al_rio.htm#|title=Inmigración francesa al Río de la Plata |quote=En Argentina, muchos de los descendientes de franceses que viven en el país, tienen evidencia de que sus antepasados vivieron en un primer momento en el Uruguay. La guerra civil uruguaya acontecida entre 1843 y 1844 originó el éxodo de muchos inmigrantes hacia la Argentina.}}</ref> which expanded the French Argentine community. , it was estimated that around 68 million Argentines had some degree of French ancestry, up to 17% of the total population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canalacademie.com/ida1009-Les-merveilleux-francophiles-argentins-1.html?var_recherche=argentin|title=Canal Académie: Les merveilleux francophiles argentins–1 |quote=Il faut savoir qu’en 2006, 17% d’Argentins ont un ancêtre venu de France. Près de 6 millions d’Argentins ont donc des origines françaises.}}</ref>