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Total population | |
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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.
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.[citation needed]
During the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973-1985), some expatriates spent their exile years in France.[citation needed] 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]
Further information: Category:French people of Uruguayan descent |