Berbers in France

Berbers in France

Total population
over 2,000,000 [1] [2] (1.000.000 mio. Kabyles, 100.000 Riffians [3] )
Regions with significant populations
Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse.
Languages
Berber, French, Arabic
Religion
Majority Islam minority Christianity, [4] Irreligion, Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Berbers

Berbers in France are people of Berber descent (mainly Kabyles) living in France. Berbers in France, who generally call themselves Berbers, are estimated to number over 2 million people. ^{[1] [2]}

Notable people

Zinedine Zidane	Karim Benzema	Hindi Zahra	Souad Massi	Isabelle Adjani	Najat Vallaud-Belkacem	Saïd Taghmaoui
Mustapha Hadji	DJ Snake	Dany Boon	Malika Oufkir	Myriam Abel	Kenza Farah	Rachid Arhab
Azouz Begag	Fadela Amara	Idir Ouali	Édith Piaf	Camélia Jordana	Samy Naceri	Karim Ziani
Youssouf Hadji	Samia Ghali	Assia Djebar	Camel Meriem	Marie-José Nat

See also

• Berbers
• Berber Academy

References

1. Yazid Sabeg et Laurence Méhaignerie, Les oubliés de l'égalité des chances, Institut Montaigne, 2004
2. Pour une histoire sociale du berbère en France, Salem Shaker, Inalco, 2004
3. "Centre de Recherche Berbère – Kabyle".
4. Fontaine, Darcie (2016). Decolonizing Christianity: Religion and the End of Empire in France and Algeria. Cambridge University Press. p. 173-175. ISBN   9781107118171.