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The Paris Region, or Île-de-France, covers 12,012 km 2 (4,638 sq mi), and has its own regional council and president. It has a population of 12,213,447 as of January 2018, or 18.3 percent of the population of France. [2] The metropolitan or functional area (aire d'attraction) of Paris covers 18,941 km 2 (7,313 sq mi) and has 13,064,617 ...
In March 2017, the population of France officially reached the 67,000,000 mark. It had reached 66,000,000 in early 2014. [ 6 ] Between the years 2010–17, the population of France grew from 64,613,000 to 66,991,000 (i.e. about 2.4 million people in a span of 7 years), making France one of the fastest-growing countries in Europe.
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. The absence of a legal definition of what it means to be "black" in ...
As of 2008, the French national institute of statistics INSEE estimated that 5.3 million foreign-born immigrants and 6.5 million direct descendants of immigrants (born in France with at least one immigrant parent) lived in France representing a total of 11.8 million and 19% of the total population in metropolitan France (62.1 million in 2008).
Maghrebi communities of Paris. The Paris metropolitan area has a large Maghrebi population, in part as a result of French colonial ties to that region. [1] As of 2012 the majority of those of African origin living in Paris come from the Maghreb, including Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. There were 30,000 people with Algerian nationality, 21,000 ...
On 5 July 1962, Algerians obtained their independence. Independent Algeria continued to see more and more of its young population migrate to France. The experience of Algerians in France was during the late 1970s and 1980s however characterized by racism and extreme violence. Recurrent issues during these decades were 'racial killings by police ...
Race in France. Race in France is a subject of deep controversy among French people, as the potential existence of racial categorization in France is presently considered a taboo topic. Often considered against the French universalist tradition, discussions of race are considered by some to be part of a trend of Americanization in France. [ 1 ]
African Americans. African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans) in France are people of African heritage or black people from the United States who are or have become residents or citizens of France. This includes students and temporary workers. France has historically been described as a "haven" for Africans, having officially ...