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Poles in France form one of the largest Polish diaspora communities in Europe. Between 500,000 and one million people of Polish descent live in France, [2] concentrated in the Nord-Pas de Calais region, in the metropolitan area of Lille, the historic coal-mining basin (Bassin Minier) around Lens and Valenciennes and in the Ile-de-France.
There are roughly 20,000,000 people of Polish ancestry living outside Poland, making the Polish diaspora one of the largest in the world [1] and one of the most widely dispersed. Reasons for displacement include border shifts, forced expulsions, resettlement by voluntary and forced exile, and political or economic emigration .
The term "Polonia" is usually used in Poland to refer to people of Polish origin who live outside Polish borders. There is a notable Polish diaspora in the United States, Brazil, and Canada. France has a historic relationship with Poland and has a relatively large Polish-descendant population. Poles have lived in France since the 18th century.
Polish emigrants to France (1 C, 178 P) J. French people of Polish-Jewish descent (151 P) Pages in category "French people of Polish descent"
Empty map: File:World map (Miller cylindrical projection, blank).svg; Information available on page Poles and Polish diaspora on the English Wikipedia and at Joshua Project; Number of Poles living abroad per country: NW, 1615 L. St. Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project Global Migration Map: Origins and Destinations, 1990-2017 (in en ...
The article provides details and data regarding the geographical distribution of all Polish speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it's spoken. The Polish language is the dominant language of Poland and it's spoken in authochtonous minority areas through Europe and in many immigrant communities in all over the world.
The Duchy of Warsaw (Polish: Księstwo Warszawskie; French: Duché de Varsovie; German: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw [1] and Napoleonic Poland, [2] was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars.
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