French people in Madagascar

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French people in Madagascar
Total population
19,000 (1997 estimate) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Antananarivo, Toamasina, Mahajanga, Antsiranana
Languages
French, Malagasy, Betsimisaraka
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Franco-Mauritian, Franco-Seychellois, White African

There is a small but recognizable community of French people in Madagascar, of whom the vast majority are born in Madagascar and are descended from former settlers and colonists from France who settled in Madagascar during the 19th and 20th centuries. [2] They constitute a minority ethnic group of Madagascar.

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Society

Religious affiliation

87% of the French population in Madagascar are Christian adherents. The vast majority of French Christian adherents in Madagascar are Roman Catholic. A small number are Protestant. The remainder of French people residing in Madagascar are mostly non-religious, but a small minority are Jews.

Language

The majority of the French population in Madagascar speak French as their first language. However, some also speak various local languages, such as Malagasy, or dialects such as Plateau Malagasy and Betsimisaraka Malagasy. [2]

Education

Preschool (maternelle) through senior high school (lycée):

Preschool (maternelle) through junior high school (collège):

Junior high school (collège):

Preschool (maternelle) through primary school (primaire):

Former schools:

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  2. 1 2 Ethnologue, 'Languages of Madagascar', http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=MG, Accessed: 28 July 2009
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  5. ↑ "Collège français Jules-Verne." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
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  10. ↑ "Collège Étienne-de-Flacourt." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
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  13. ↑ "École Bird." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "École primaire française Charles-Baudelaire." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "École primaire française d'Antalaha." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "École primaire française de Fort-Dauphin." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "École primaire française Les Pangalanes." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "École primaire française de Mananjary." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "École primaire française Lamartine." AEFE. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
  20. ↑ "Ecole française du lac Alaotra." AEFE. 26 January 2015. Retrieved on 5 July 2018.
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