French Chilean

A French Chilean (French: Franco-Chilien, Spanish: franco-chileno) is a Chilean citizen of full or partial French ancestry. Between 1840 and 1940, 20,000 to 25,000 French people immigrated to Chile. The country received the fourth largest number of French immigrants to South America after Argentina (239,000), Brazil (150,341) and Uruguay (more than 25,000).

French Chilean
Franco-Chilien
Franco-chileno
Total population
Various estimates:
  • 800,000 (2014).
Regions with significant populations
Throughout Chile
Languages
Chilean Spanish, French, Basque, Occitan
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
French people
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