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Tunisians in France are people of Tunisian descent living in France.People of Tunisian origin account for a large sector of the total population in France. Following France's colonial rule in Tunisia from 1881 to 1956, many Tunisians chose to immigrate to France from the 1960s to the present due to France's favorable economic conditions, while others sought to escape Tunisia's relatively ...
The 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment (French: 4 e Régiment de Tirailleurs Tunisiens, 4 e RTT) was an infantry regiment of the Army of Africa, part of the French Army. Active between 1884 and 1956, the regiment was one of the most decorated of the French Army. The regiment had a distinguished record during World War I, being cited six times.
France invaded Tunisia in 1881 and established the French protectorate of Tunisia, which lasted until Tunisia's independence in 1956. In 1957, France cut off financial aid totaling $33.5 million to Tunisia because of its support for neighboring Algeria 's independence movements. [ 1 ]
French Tunisia (dark blue) within other French possessions in Africa (light blue), 1913.In 1881, the conquest of Tunisia was initiated by the French Third Republic.The invasion began on 28 April 1881, and lasted until 28 October 1881.
750000 [6] have settled in France [4] - one of the most important foreign communities in the country - and two thirds of them hold double citizenship. They are concentrated mostly in the large cities (40% in Paris , 12% in Lyons and 8% in Marseilles , with smaller communities in Nice , Bordeaux , Toulouse , Strasbourg , and Lille ).
The French protectorate of Tunisia (French: Protectorat français de Tunisie; Arabic: الحماية الفرنسية في تونس al-ḥimāya al-Fransīya fī Tūnis), officially the Regency of Tunis [1] [2] [b] (French: Régence de Tunis) and commonly referred to as simply French Tunisia, was established in 1881, during the French colonial empire era, and lasted until Tunisian independence ...
In France, their percentage is estimated at 38.2%. The portion of the diaspora who are over 60 years old is around 7%. [citation needed] Originally, the largest part of the Tunisians in Europe worked in sectors requiring minimal qualifications. In effect the migrants of the 1960s and 70s were less educated (mostly farmers or manual labourers). [97]
Lotfi Abdelli started his artistic career as a dancer in Tunis Conservatory, under the direction of Anne-Marie Sellami, and then in the ballet of the National Theatre of Tunisia, under the direction of Mohamed Driss, also in the Tunisian national ballet, under the direction of Odile Cougoule (Histoires d'elles show in 1991), Nawel Skandrani and Imed Jemâa in her company, the Dance Theater.