Uruguayans in France
Total population
Total population of Uruguayan born and ancestry
20,000 (2017)[1][2] Residents of France born in Uruguay 20,000 Portuguese-born[3]
Regions with significant populations
Ajaccio,[4] Aquitaine, Brittany, Bordeaux,[4][5] Cebazat (Clermont-Ferrand),[4] Centre-Val de Loire, Corsica,[6] Dax,[4] Île-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Lille,[4] Limousin, Lower Normandy, Lyon,[4][7] Marseille,[4][8] Midi-Pyrénées, Montpellier,[4] Nice,[4] Northeastern France, Orléans,[4] Paris,[4][9][10] Pau,[4] Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,[1] Roubaix, Rouen,[4] Strasbourg,[4][7] Toulouse,[4][7] Tours.[4]
Languages
French, Spanish[1]
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Italian, Argentines

Uruguayans in France are people born in Uruguay who emigrated to France.

Overview

French culture has long had a strong influence in Uruguay, with its secondary education and University tailored to the French model. This is a reason why many Uruguayans have found France attractive as a country to pursue higher studies; many of them decided to stay.

During the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973-1985), some expatriates spent their exile years in France. There are as well a number of French-born people of Uruguayan descent.

Expatriate Uruguayans have their own institutions in France,[11] such as the Consultative Council in Paris.[12]

Notable people

Past
  • Juan José Calandria (1902-1980), sculptor
  • Justino Serralta (1919-2011), architect
  • Héctor Sgarbi (1905-1982), painter
Present

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 étrangères, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires. "Présentation du uriguay". France Diplomatie : : Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
  2. ↑ "Observatório da Emigração". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  3. ↑ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 étrangères, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires. "Présentation du Portugal". France Diplomatie - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
  5. ↑ "Consulado Geral de Portugal em Bordéus". Consulado Geral de Portugal em Bordéus.
  6. ↑ "Portugais en Corse". Lusitanie.net. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "Portal das Comunidades Portuguesas". Portal das Comunidades Portuguesas.
  8. ↑ "Accueil". Consulado Geral de Portugal em Marselha.
  9. ↑ "Ambassade du Portugal en France". Ambassade du Portugal en France.
  10. ↑ "Consulado-Geral de Portugal em Paris - Página Inicial". www.consuladoportugalparis.org.
  11. ↑ "Guia de Asociaciones de Uruguayos en Francia - Uruguay@s en Francia". www.uruguayos.fr.
  12. ↑ "List of Consultative Councils of Uruguayans abroad" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.


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