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.
   | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 68,620[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Paris | |
| Languages | |
| Kongo, Lingala, French | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Black people in France, Afro-French, Rwandans in France, Burundians in France, Cameroonians in France, Gabonese people in France, Angolans in France |
History
editThe 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
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References
edit- ^ "Expatriés congolais par âge France".
- ^ "L'immigration africaine en France: regards des autres et repli sur soi" (PDF). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "L'Immigration noire africaine : Un phénomène qui s'amplifie » :: Novopress.info France". Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
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