Spanish immigration to France explained

Group:	French people of Spanish origin
Total:	Residents of France born in Spain: 310,072 (2024) ^[1] Spanish-born ^[2]
Popplace:	Paris (metropolitan area), Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Île-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitania, Brittany, Corsica, Centre-Val de Loire, Pays de la Loire, Normandy, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rels:	Roman Catholicism

Spaniards in France are people from Spain residing in France and their descendants. They may be French citizens or non-citizen immigrants or expatriates.

Spanish immigration to France began from ancient times up to the present time and the French Republic is the second largest Spanish community outside Spain. The Spanish arrived mainly attracted by the job and new lifestyles, as well due to conflicts and armed movements in Spain which prompted the Spanish to emigrate to France.^[3] Of these, according to the census of 2021 in Spain, 279,988 reside in the French Republic.^[4]

Demographics

The 2012 Census recorded 198,182 Spanish-born people.^[5]

Year	Spanish-born population	Other data	Foreigners	Migrants	Inflow
1999	144,039	160,000^[6]
2005	307,012^[7]
2006	300,019
2007	295,860	262,000 131,000
2008	290,285	257,000^[8]
2009		179.678^[9]
2010		183,277^[10]
2011		189,909^[11]	129,087^[12]	245,013^[13]
2012		198,182			5,687^[14]
2013		206,589^[15]
2014		215,183^[16]
2015		223,636^[17]
2016		232,693^[18] ^[19]
2017		243,582^[20]
2018		253,036^[21]
2020		273,290^[22]
2021		279,988
2022		297,142^[23]
2024		310,072^[24]

See also

• • France–Spain relations Spanish diaspora
• Spanish immigration to Germany

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2024. www.ine.es. 1 January 2024. 25 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240425041410/https://www.ine.es/dyngs/Prensa/es/PERE2024.pdf . live .
2. Web site: Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2021. www.ine.es. 1 January 2021.
3. Web site: Espagnols et Portugais (1950). Histoire.immigration.fr. 28 August 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121113085726/http://www.histoire-immigration.fr/des-dossiers-thematiques-sur-l-histoire-de-l-immigration/espagnols-et-portugais-1950. 13 November 2012.
4. Web site: Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2021. www.ine.es. 1 January 2021.
5. Web site: Explotación estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero a 1 de enero de 2012. Ine.es. 28 August 2017.
6. Web site: Infos migrations n° 20 - février 2011. Immigration.interieur.gouv.fr. 28 August 2017.
7. Web site: Stock of foreign-born population by country of birth. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2014-08-07.
8. Web site: Annual tables of Admission. Statistiques_flux_immigration.site.ined.fr. 2017-08-28.
9. Web site: Inmigrantes españoles INE 2009.. Ine.es. 28 August 2017.
10. Web site: Inmigrantes españoles INE 2010.. Ine.es. 28 August 2017.
11. Web site: Inmigrantes españoles INE 2011.. Ine.es. 28 August 2017.
12. Web site: Résultats de la recherche. Insee.fr. 28 August 2017.
13. Web site: Résultats de la recherche. Insee.fr. 28 August 2017.
14. http://www.ine.es/prensa/np788.pdf
15. Web site: País de residencia, sexo y grupos de edad.. Ine.es. 28 August 2017.
16. Web site: Explotación estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero a 1 de enero de 2014 . 2014-06-19.
17. Web site: Explotación estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero a 1 de enero de 2015 . 2015-06-19.
18. Web site: Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero a 1 de enero de 2016. Ine.es. 2017-08-28.
19. Web site: TablaPx. Ine.es. 28 August 2017.
20. Web site: TablaPx. Ine.es. 15 March 2017.
21. https://www.ine.es/prensa/pere_2018.pdf
22. Web site: Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2020. www.ine.es. 1 January 2020.
23. Web site: Padrón de españoles residentes en el extranjero. PERE. 1 de enero de 2022. ine.es. 4 January 2023 . 16 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231216165133/https://www.ine.es/prensa/pere_2023.pdf . live.
24. Web site: Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2024. www.ine.es. 1 January 2024. 25 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240425041410/https://www.ine.es/dyngs/Prensa/es/PERE2024.pdf . live .