Arabs in France

Arab in France
عرب فرنسا

Zinédine Zidane Élie Aboud Azouz Begag Jamel Debbouze Isabelle Adjani Karim Benzema Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Zaho Louis Chedid Gad Elmaleh Nora Arnezeder Tahar Rahim Édika Aure Atika Éric Besson Thomas Langmann Dany Brillant Hafsia Herzi Judy Minx Koxie Amel Bent Marouane Chamakh Rachida Dati Karen Lancaume Yasmine Lafitte
Total population
est. 6,000,000
Regions with significant populations
Paris region, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille, Roubaix, Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux etc.
Languages
French, Arabic
Religion
Predominantly Islam, but also Roman Catholicism, other Christianity and Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Arabs in Europe, Arabs

Arabs in France are people of Arab descent living in France.

Demographics

French people of Arab origin (predominantly from Maghreb but also some from Mashreq areas of the Arab world) in France forms the second largest ethnic group after French people of European origin.

Arabs have settled mainly in the industrial regions in France, especially in the Paris region but also in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Languedoc-Roussillon, Alsace, Rhône-Alpes and Corsica.

Maghrebis

Many famous French people like Edith Piaf, Isabelle Adjani, Arnaud Montebourg, Alain Bashung, and Dany Boon have Maghrebi ancestry.

Mashrekis

Many famous French people like Éric Besson, Carlos Ghosn, Jacques Saadé, Élie Aboud, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Antoine Sfeir, Philippe Aractingi, Andrée Chedid, Matthieu Chedid, RAmez, Henri Jibrayel, and Reem Acra are of Lebanese ancestry, both Christian and Muslim background since Lebanon is 59% Muslim and 41% Christian.

See also

• Beur
• Arabs in Europe
• Lebanese people in France