Franco-Mauritians

Franco-Mauritians
Total population
2% of the population of Mauritius
Regions with significant populations
Mauritius, South Africa, Australia
Languages
French, Mauritian Creole
Religion
Majority: Catholicism

Franco-Mauritians (French: Franco-Mauriciens) form an ethnic group of white people in Mauritius who trace their ethnic ancestry to France and ethnic French people. Franco-Mauritians make up approximately 2% of the country's population. Other than documented European ancestry, it is their skin colour which distinguishes Franco-Mauritians from the rest of ethnic groups in Mauritius, where they are also known as blancs or blanches.[1]

  1. ^ Salverda, Tijo. "Still standing: the maintenance of a white elite in Mauritius" (PDF). International Institute for Asian Studies University in Leiden, Netherlands. Retrieved 2007-10-15.

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