Black French people

African descendants who are France citizens
Total population
Approximately 3–5 million (2009 estimate);[1] NB: it is illegal for the French State to collect data on ethnicity and race.
Regions with significant populations
Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Saint Martin, Réunion, Mayotte, New Caledonia
Languages
French, French Creoles, New Caledonian languages, African languages
Religion
Majority Christianity or Islam, minority Irreligion and Traditional African religions
Related ethnic groups
Sub-Saharan Africans · Melanesians

African descendants who are France citizens.

The absence of a legal definition of what it means to be "black" in France, the extent of anti-miscegenation laws over several centuries, the great diversity of black populations (African, Caribbean, etc) and the lack of legal recognition of ethnicity in French population censuses make this social entity extremely difficult to define, unlike in countries such as the United States.

  1. ^ Crumley, Bruce (24 March 2009), "Should France Count Its Minority Population?", Time, retrieved 11 October 2014

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