| Group: | French Brazilians Franco-brasileiro Franco-Brésilien |
| Flag: |   |
| Pop: | c. 1 million 0.5 of Brazil's population (2013)[1] |
| Popplace: | Predominantly São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, São Luís, Fortaleza, Parnaíba, Recife . |
| Langs: | French, Portuguese |
| Rels: | Predominantly Roman Catholicism |
| Related: | Other BraziliansFrench people Other White BraziliansBelgian BraziliansLuxembourg BraziliansGerman BraziliansSwiss BraziliansAustrian BraziliansGreek BraziliansArab BraziliansItalian BraziliansSpanish BraziliansPortuguese Brazilians French CanadiansFrench AmericansFrench ArgentinesFrench MexicansFrench Uruguayans |
French Brazilians (French: '''Franco-Brésilien'''; Portuguese: '''Franco-brasileiro''' or '''galo-brasileiro''') refers to Brazilian citizens of full or partial French ancestry or persons born in France who reside in Brazil. Between 1850 and 1965 around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil.[2] The country received the second largest number of French immigrants to South America after Argentina (239,000). It is estimated that there are around 1 million Brazilians of French descent today.[1]
From 1819 to 1940, 40,383 French people immigrated to Brazil. Most of them settled in the country between 1884 and 1925 (8,008 from 1819 to 1883, 25,727 from 1884 to 1925, 6,648 from 1926 to 1940). Another source estimates that around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil between 1850 and 1965.
The French community in Brazil numbered 592 in 1888 and 5,000 in 1915.[3] It was estimated that 14,000 French people were living in Brazil in 1912, 9% of the 149,400 French people living in Latin America, the second largest community after Argentina (100,000).[4]
As of 2014, it is estimated that 30,000 French people are living in Brazil,[5] most of them in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. They form the largest community of French expatriates in Latin America.
Brazil has the following French international schools: