Indians in France

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Indians in France
Total population
190,000 (2010s) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Paris, Overseas France, French Alps
Languages
Bengali, English, Mauritian Creole, Gujarati, French, Hindi, Urdu, Seychellois Creole, Konkani, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Réunion Creole, Sindhi, Antillean Creole, Marathi, Telugu, Guianese Creole, Malagasy and several other Indian languages
Religion
Predominantly: Hinduism
Minority: Sikhism, Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism
Related ethnic groups
Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin, Indians in Germany, Indians in Switzerland, Indians in Italy, British Indians, South Asians in Ireland
Hindu grave in the columbarium of Pere Lachaise Pere-Lachaise - Division 87 - Columbarium - Octobre 2015 - 31.jpg
Hindu grave in the columbarium of Père Lachaise

Indo-French people or Indians in France are residents from India in France, as well as people of Indian national origin. As of 2000, there were an estimated 65,000 Indians living in metropolitan France, in addition to 300,000 Indians in the French overseas departments and regions of Guadeloupe, Réunion, Martinique and French Guiana.

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History

A majority of France's minority ethnic Indian community originate from Chandernagor of West Bengal and Puducherry, the two former French colonies in India, mostly comprising Bengalis (from Chandernagor), Tamils, Malayalis as well as Telugus (from Pondicherry).

Later arrivals to mainland France were mostly Gujaratis, Sindhis, Konkanis, Punjabis, a later wave of Keralites from Kerala state in South India (ethnolinguistically similar with those migrated from Karaikal district, Pondicherry) and also twice-migrant Indians from Mauritius (Biharis, Telugus, Marathis, Gujaratis, Punjabis and Tamils), French Guiana (Tamils, Malayalis and Telugus), Guadeloupe (mostly Tamils), Seychelles (Tamils, Gujaratis and Biharis), Réunion (Tamils, Telugus and Gujaratis), Martinique (Tamils, Telugus, Punjabis, Gujaratis and Sindhis) and Madagascar (mostly Gujaratis).

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ Population of Overseas Indians (2010s)
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