To be French, according to the first article of the French Constitution, is to be a citizen of France, regardless of one's origin, race, or religion (sans distinction d'origine, de race ou de religion). According to its principles, France … See more

Generations of settlers have migrated over the centuries to France, creating a variegated grouping of peoples. Thus the historian See more

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Historically, the heritage of the French people is mostly of Celtic or Gallic, Latin (Romans) origin, descending from the ancient and medieval populations of Gauls or Celts from the Atlantic to the Rhone Alps, Germanic tribes that settled France from east of the See more

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Most French people speak the French language as their mother tongue, but certain languages like See more

Between 1848 and 1939, 1 million people with French passports emigrated to other countries. The main communities of French ancestry in … See more