Greeks in France

The Greek community in France numbers around 35,000 people. They are located all around the country but the main communities are located in Paris, Marseille and Grenoble.

Greeks in France:

Year	1901	1946	1968	1975	1980	1990	1998	2003	2004	2009
Persons	2,902	16,184	9,000	9,580	9,516	6,091	6,443	4,959	3,801

The Greeks of Marseille

Marseille, known as Massalia in Greek, was founded by Greeks from Ionia in 600 BC. The Massaliot Greeks are believed to have introduced viticulture to France. Notable ancient Greeks from Massalia included the great explorer and scientist Pytheas.

Historically the Greek community was composed of merchants, ship-owners, intellectuals and international traders. They participated in the city’s political life or became patrons of its cultural life and the philanthropic activity of some of them was crowned by the Légion d’Honneur.

Notable people

Nikos Aliagas Constantine Andreou Anna Mouglalis Eugène Michel Antoniadi Roger Apéry Antonin Artaud Kostas Axelos Charles Denis Bourbaki Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi Jean-Christophe Cambadélis Cornelius Castoriadis

André Chénier Joseph Chénier Georges Corraface Jacques Damala Diam's Dimitri from Paris Jean Focas Costa Gavras Laure Junot, duchess d'Abrantès Tchéky Karyo Taïg Khris Apo Lazarides

Georges Moustaki Savitri Devi Anne de Noailles Georges Panayotis Nicos Poulantzas Nicolas Rossolimo Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg Yannis Tafer Patrick Tatopoulos Tériade Adolphe Thiers Agnès Varda Antonis Volanis

See also

• Greek people
• Greek diaspora
• French-Greek relations

External links

• Bilateral relations between Greece and France
• A web page of the community
• Essay about the Greeks of Marseille
• Inforamtions on Greece and Greeks around the world in French