Uruguayans in France explained

Group:	Uruguayans in France
Population:	Total population of Uruguayan born and ancestry 20,000 (2017)^[1] ^[2] Residents of France born in Uruguay 20,000 Portuguese-born^[3]
Popplace:	Ajaccio,^[4] Aquitaine, Brittany, Bordeaux,^[5] Cebazat (Clermont-Ferrand), Centre-Val de Loire, Corsica,^[6] Dax, Île-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Lille, Limousin, Lower Normandy, Lyon,^[7] Marseille,^[8] Midi-Pyrénées, Montpellier, Nice, Northeastern France, Orléans, Paris,^[9] ^[10] Pau, Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Roubaix, Rouen, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tours.
Langs:	French, Spanish
Rels:	Roman Catholicism
Related:	Italian, Argentines

Uruguayans in France are people born in Uruguay who emigrated to France.

Overview

French culture has long had a strong influence in Uruguay, with its secondary education and University tailored to the French model. This is a reason why many Uruguayans have found France attractive as a country to pursue higher studies; many of them decided to stay.

During the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973-1985), some expatriates spent their exile years in France. There are as well a number of French-born people of Uruguayan descent.

Expatriate Uruguayans have their own institutions in France,^[11] such as the Consultative Council in Paris.^[12]

Notable people

Past

• Juan José Calandria (1902-1980), sculptor
• Justino Serralta (1919-2011), architect
• Héctor Sgarbi (1905-1982), painter

Present

• Carlos Curbelo, footballer
• Gaston Curbelo, footballer
• Elli Medeiros, singer
• Luciano Supervielle, musician
• Daniel Viglietti, musician

See also

• Emigration from Uruguay
• France–Uruguay relations
• French Uruguayan

External links

• Uruguayos en Francia - Consejo Consultivo de París
• Portal: Uruguayans in France

Notes and References

1. Web site: Présentation du uriguay. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires. étrangères. France Diplomatie : : Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
2. Web site: Observatório da Emigração . 2014-08-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190314/http://www.observatorioemigracao.secomunidades.pt/np4/2454.html . 2016-03-03 .
3. Web site: Country-of-birth database. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2009-07-30.
4. Web site: Présentation du Portugal. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires. étrangères. France Diplomatie - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
5. Web site: Consulado Geral de Portugal em Bordéus. Consulado Geral de Portugal em Bordéus.
6. Web site: Portugais en Corse. Lusitanie.net. 28 August 2017.
7. Web site: Portal das Comunidades Portuguesas. Portal das Comunidades Portuguesas.
8. Web site: Accueil. Consulado Geral de Portugal em Marselha.
9. Web site: Ambassade du Portugal en France. Ambassade du Portugal en France.
10. Web site: Consulado-Geral de Portugal em Paris - Página Inicial. www.consuladoportugalparis.org.
11. Web site: Guia de Asociaciones de Uruguayos en Francia - Uruguay@s en Francia. www.uruguayos.fr.
12. Web site: List of Consultative Councils of Uruguayans abroad . 1 November 2013 . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20130809011138/http://www.d20.org.uy/Lista-de-Consejos . 9 August 2013 . dead . dmy-all .