Total population | |
---|---|
16,700 [1] [2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Paris (metropolitan area), Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne | |
Languages | |
French and Georgian | |
Religion | |
Georgian Orthodox Church | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Georgians |
There were fewer than 2,000 ethnic Georgians in France from 1922 to 1939 but around 10,000 (500 students, 2,000 asylum refugees and 8,000 legal residents) at the end of 2013. [3] in 2017 more of 14,500 Georgians in France. [2]
Saint Nino Georgian Orthodox Church, founded in 1929, in Paris, dépends on Ecumenical Patriarcate of Constantinople through the Conference of Orthodox Bishops in France. [21]
Saint Thamar Georgian Orthodox Church, founded in 2005, in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (outside of Paris), depends on Georgian Orthodox Church.