French Peruvians

Peruvian citizens of French ancestry

Ethnic group

French Peruvians
*Franco-Péruvienne*
*Franco-Peruano*
Regions with significant populations

Callao, Lima, Trujillo, Arequipa, Ica
Languages
Spanish, French
Religion
Roman Catholicism

French people
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French Peruvians (French: français-péruvien; Spanish: franco-peruano) are Peruvian citizens of French ancestry, or those who immigrated to Peru from France. The French were the fourth largest group of immigrants to settle in the country after the Spanish, Italians, and the Germans.^[1]

History

In 1872, the Sociedad de Inmigración Europea ("European Immigration Society") was founded in Peru. Its objective was promoting Old World immigration by covering the costs of their journeys and financially supporting them during their first settler years in Peru.

The regions where most of the French immigrants originated from were Bordeaux, Paris, as well as the French portion of the Basque Country. They mostly interacted with fellow French immigrants, and they were usually relatively skilled at a trade. Initially the community was united, but as time passed many intermarried with Peruvians from other European backgrounds. Very few French-Peruvians can trace their ancestry.

Notable people

Fernando Belaúnde Terry^[2]

French Peruvian institutions and associations

Asociación Franco-Peruana
Asociación Civil Franco-Peruano
Colegio Franco-Peruano http://www.lfrancope.edu.pe
Asociación Técnica Franco Peruana
Asociacion de Decendientes Franceses en Peru
Asociacion Cultural Franco-Peruano
Colegio Sagrado Corazon (Arequipa) http://www.ssccaqp.edu.pe
Colegio Saint Andre/san andrew https://web.archive.org/web/20120222160738/http://www.denperu.com/sandrew/
Edu France https://web.archive.org/web/20100111011638/http://www.edufrance-peru.com/
Colegio Lycee Jean Baptiste Lamarck (Arequipa)

References

^ "Los franceses en el Perú del siglo XIX". ifeanet.org. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ "Belaunde, el hombre de la lampa". elperuano.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-10.

Ancestry and ethnicity in Peru

Indigenous

Andean	Aymara Huancas Maina Q'ero Quechuas Uros
Amazonian	Achuar Aguano Aguaruna Amahuaca Asháninka Bora Canelos-Quichua Cashibo Harakmbut Huambisas Jibitos Jíbaro Kichwa-Lamista Machiguenga Matsés (Mayoruna) Quijos-Quichua Sápara Secoya Shipibo-Conibo Urarina Yagua Yanesha

Non-indigenous

European	British Croatian French German Italian Polish Portuguese Spanish
Asian	Chinese Indian Japanese Jews B'nai Moshe Korean
Others	African Arab Mestizo Romani people

Category:Ethnic groups in Peru

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Africa	Algeria Angola Benin French Dahomey Burkina Faso French Upper Volta Cameroon French Cameroon Central African Republic Ubangi-Shari Chad French Chad Comoros French Comoros Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Djibouti French Somaliland Gabon French Gabon The Gambia James Island Albreda Ghana (White Ghanaian) Guinea French Guinea Côte d'Ivoire Madagascar Mali French Sudan Mauritius Morocco Namibia (Afrikaners) Niger Colony of Niger Réunion¹ Senegal Seychelles Somalia South Africa (Afrikaners) Togo French Togoland Tunisia
Asia	Hong Kong India Japan Korea Pakistan
Middle East	Israel Lebanon Turkey United Arab Emirates
Europe	Hungary Netherlands (Huguenots) United Kingdom (Huguenots)
North America	Canada Acadians Brayon Basque Franco-Albertans Franco-Columbian Franco-Manitoban Franco-Nunavois Franco-Ontarian Franco-Ténois Franco-Newfoundlander Franco-Yukonnais Fransaskois Québécois Cuba French Antilles¹ Guatemala Haiti Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis United States Cajuns French Canadians Huguenots Breton Corsican Basque
Oceania	Australia New Caledonia New Zealand
South America	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Peru Uruguay
See also	Basques Bretons Walloons Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
¹Overseas parts of France proper Migration of minorities in France (i.e. Basques) can be considered as separate (ethnically) or French migration (by nationality).