Black French people
Racial and multi-ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black French people also known as French Black people or Afro-French (Afro-Français) are French people who are of Sub-Saharan African (including Malagasy people and Afro-Arabs) or Melanesian ancestry. It also includes people of mixed African/Melanesian and French ancestry.
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Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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Approximately 8,000,000 (2021 estimate)[1] (It is illegal for the French State to collect data on ethnicity and race.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Saint Martin, Réunion, Mayotte, New Caledonia | |
Languages | |
French, French Creoles, New Caledonian languages, African languages | |
Religion | |
Majority Christianity or Islam, minority Irreligion and Traditional African religions | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Sub-Saharan Africans · Melanesians |
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