Spanish immigration to France

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

French people of Spanish origin

Total population
Residents of France born in Spain: 310,072 (2024) [1] Spanish-born [2]
Regions with significant populations
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
Languages
French Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Italian Portuguese Spanish immigration to Switzerland

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[6]	160,000[7]
2005	307,012[8]
2006	300,019[8]
2007	295,860[8]	262,000 131,000[7]
2008	290,285[8]	257,000[9]
2009		179.678[10]
2010		183,277[11]
2011		189,909[12]	129,087[13]	245,013[14]
2012		198,182			5,687[15]
2013		206,589[16]
2014		215,183[17]
2015		223,636[18]
2016		232,693[19][20]
2017		243,582[21]
2018		253,036[22]
2020		273,290[23]
2021		279,988[23]
2022		297,142[24]
2024		310,072[25]

See also

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