Spanish immigration to France

French people of Spanish origin
Total population
	Residents of France born in Spain: 310,072 (2024) Spanish-born
Regions with significant populations
	Paris (metropolitan area), Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Île-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitania, Brittany, Corsica, Centre-Val de Loire, Pays de la Loire, Normandy, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Languages
	French; Spanish;
Religion
	Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
	Italian; Portuguese; Spanish immigration to Switzerland;

Spaniards in France are people from Spain residing in France and their descendants. They may be French citizens or non-citizen immigrants or expatriates.

Spanish immigration to France began from ancient times up to the present time and the French Republic is the second largest Spanish community outside Spain. The Spanish arrived mainly attracted by the job and new lifestyles, as well due to conflicts and armed movements in Spain which prompted the Spanish to emigrate to France.^[3] Of these, according to the census of 2021 in Spain, 279,988 reside in the French Republic.^[4]

^ "Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2024" (PDF). www.ine.es. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2021" (PDF). www.ine.es. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Espagnols et Portugais (1950)". Histoire.immigration.fr. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2021" (PDF). www.ine.es. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[1] "Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2024" (PDF). www.ine.es. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[Estadística_del_Padrón_de_Españoles_Residentes_en_el_Extranjero_(PERE)a_1_de_enero_de_2021-2] "Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2021" (PDF). www.ine.es. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[3] "Espagnols et Portugais (1950)". Histoire.immigration.fr. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[4] "Estadística del Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE)a 1 de enero de 2021" (PDF). www.ine.es. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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Total population
Residents of France born in Spain: 310,072 (2024) ^[1] Spanish-born ^[2]
Regions with significant populations
Paris (metropolitan area), Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Île-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitania, Brittany, Corsica, Centre-Val de Loire, Pays de la Loire, Normandy, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Languages
French Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Italian Portuguese Spanish immigration to Switzerland