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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
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* '''950,000'''<ref name="Parvex, 2014">Parvex R. (2014). ''[https://journals.openedition.org/hommesmigrations/2720 Le Chili et les mouvements migratoires]'', Hommes & migrations, Nº 1305, 2014. [[doi:10.4000/hommesmigrations.2720]].</ref><br />
| group = {{flagicon|France}} French Chileans {{flagicon|Chile}}<br/><small>''Franco-Chilien''</small><br/><small>''Franco-chileno''</small><br />
| popplace = Throughout Chile<br />
| langs = [[Chilean Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[Basque language|Basque]], [[Occitan language|Occitan]]<br />
| rels = Predominantly [[Roman Catholicism]]<br />
| related = [[French people]]<br />
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{{French people}}<br />
'''French Chileans''' ({{langx|fr|'''Franco-Chilien'''}}, {{langx|es|'''franco-chileno'''}}) are [[Chileans|Chilean]] citizens of full or partial [[French people|French]] ancestry. Between 1840 and 1940, 20,000 to 25,000 French people immigrated to Chile. The country received the fourth largest number of French immigrants to [[South America]] after [[French Argentine|Argentina]] (300,000), [[French Brazilian|Brazil]] (150,341) and [[French Uruguayan|Uruguay]] (more than 25,000).<br />
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== French immigration to Chile ==<br />
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The [[French people|French]] came to Chile in the 18th century, arriving at [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]] as merchants, and in the mid-19th century to cultivate vines in the [[haciendas]] of the [[Central Valley of Chile|Central Valley]], the homebase of world-famous [[Chilean wine]]. The [[Araucanía Region]] also has an important number of people of French ancestry, as the area hosted settlers arrived by the second half of the 19th century as farmers and shopkeepers. With akin [[Latin America|Latin culture]], the French immigrants quickly assimilated into mainstream Chilean society.<br />
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From 1840 to 1940, around 25,000 Frenchmen immigrated to Chile. 80% of them were coming from Southwestern France, especially from [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Basses-Pyrénées]] ([[Northern Basque Country|Basque country]] and [[Béarn]]), [[Gironde]], [[Charente-Maritime|Charente-Inférieure]] and [[Charente]] and regions situated between [[Duran, Gers|Duran]], [[Gers]], and [[Dordogne]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://alhim.revues.org/index1252.html |title=La emigración francesa en Chile, 1875-1914 |journal=Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire. Les Cahiers ALHIM |date=10 November 2006 |issue=12 |doi=10.4000/alhim.1252 |quote=El 80% de los colonos que llegan a Chile provienen del País Vasco, del Bordelais, de Charentes y de las regiones situadas entre Gers y Périgord.|last1=Domingo |first1=Enrique Fernández |doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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[[File:Monumento de Francia.jpg|thumb|''"Monument of the French Colony to the Centennial of Chile"'', located in the [[Parque Forestal]] of [[Santiago]].]]<br />
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Most of French immigrants settled in the country between 1875 and 1895. Between October 1882 and December 1897, 8,413 Frenchmen settled in Chile,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://alhim.revues.org/index1252.html |title=La emigración francesa en Chile, 1875-1914: entre integración social y mantenimiento de la especificidad |year=2006 |doi=10.4000/alhim.1252 |quote=Según los documentos oficiales del Ministerio chileno de relaciones exteriores, entre octubre de 1882 y diciembre de 1897 la entrada de franceses en el país se estima en 8.413 personas|last1=Domingo |first1=Enrique Fernández |journal=Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire |issue=12 |doi-access=free }}</ref> making up 23% of immigrants (second only after Spaniards) from this period. In 1863, 2,650 French citizens were registered in Chile. At the end of the century they were almost 30,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uai.cl/p3_humanidades/site/edic/20030530094405/asocfile/ASOCFILE220030428191759.pdf|title=La influencia francesa en la vida social de Chile de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX|quote=Los datos que poseía el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Francia ya en 1863, cuando aúno se abría Agencia General de Colonización del Gobierno de Chile en Europa, con sede en París, daban cuenta de 2.650 ciudadanos franceses residentes. Esta cifra fue aumentando paulatinamente hasta llegar, tal como lo consignaba el Ministerio Plenipotenciario Francés en Chile, a un número cercano a los 30.000 franceses residentes a fines del siglo.|access-date=2009-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040206100052/http://www.uai.cl/p3_humanidades/site/edic/20030530094405/asocfile/ASOCFILE220030428191759.pdf|archive-date=2004-02-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the census of 1865, out of 83,220 foreigners established in Chile, 6,483 were French, the third largest European community in the country after Germans and Englishmen.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6QJAAAAIAAJ |title=Journal des économistes |year=1867 |quote=Le recensement de la population du Chili a constaté la présence de 23,220 étrangers. (...) Nous trouvons les étrangers établis au Chili répartis par nationalité de la manière suivante : Allemands (3,876), Anglais (2,818), Français (2,483), Espagnols (1,247), Italiens (1,037), Nord-Américains (831), Portugais (313) (page 281).}}</ref> In 1875, the community reached 3,000 members,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2h3KuCIQI4C |title=A history of Chile, 1808-2002 |isbn=9780521534840 |quote=p. 29. The census of twenty-one years later put the total at around 35,000 - including 5,000 French.|last1=Collier |first1=Simon |last2=Sater |first2=William F. |date=18 October 2004 }}</ref> 12% of the almost 85,000 foreigners established in the country. It was estimated that 10,000 Frenchmen were living in Chile in 1912, 7% of the 149,400 Frenchmen living in Latin America.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDCbEhbfNMMC |title=L'Amérique latine et l'Europe à l'heure de la mondialisation |date=January 2002 |isbn=9782845862814 |quote=p. 194. Chili : 10 000 (7%).}}</ref><br />
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In World War II, a group of over 10,000 Chileans of French descent joined the [[Free French Forces]] and fought the [[Nazi]] occupation of [[France]] {{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}.<br />
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Today it is estimated that 950,000 Chileans are of French descent.<ref name="Parvex, 2014" /> Former president of Chile, [[Michelle Bachelet]] is of French origin. Former dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]] is another Chilean of French descent. A large percentage of politicians, businessmen, professionals and entertainers in the country are of French ancestry.<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
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French painter [[Raymond Monvoisin]] lived in Chile from 1842 to 1854 and founded the Academy of Fine Arts of Santiago. French architect François Brunet de Baines founded the city's first school of architecture.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDCbEhbfNMMC |title=France and the Americas |date=January 2002 |isbn=9782845862814 |quote=p. 30. Raymond Monvoisin lived in Chile from 1842 to 1854, founding the Academy of Fine Arts of Santiago. François Brunet de Baines (1799-1855) founded the city's first school of architecture}}</ref><br />
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==Prominent French Chileans==<br />
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* [[Andrés Allamand]], politician and Minister of Defense (2011-2012)<br />
* [[Alberto Bachelet]], Air Force General and father of Michelle Bachelet<br />
* [[Michelle Bachelet]], twice President of Chile and former head of [[UN Women]]<br />
* [[Gonzalo Barroilhet]], decathlete.<br />
* [[Bartolomé Blanche]], Army General and provisional President of Chile (1932)<br />
* [[Vivianne Blanlot]], politician and former Minister of Defense (2006-2007)<br />
* [[María Luisa Bombal|María Luisa Bombal Anthes]], writer<br />
* [[Eduardo Bonvallet]], former football player and sports commentator<br />
* [[Jorge Boonen]]<br />
* [[Marta Brunet]], writer<br />
* [[César Caillet]], actor<br />
* [[Alfredo Capdeville Soto]], actor and cast in famous film Golondrina 1924<br />
* [[Paul Capdeville]], tennis player<br />
* [[Adolfo Couve]]<br />
* [[Cristián de la Fuente|Cristián de la Fuente Sabarots]], actor<br />
* [[Hugo Droguett]], football player<br />
* [[Alberto Fouilloux]], former football player and sports commentator<br />
* [[Eduardo Fournier]], football player<br />
* [[Alberto Fuguet]], writer<br />
* [[Augusto d'Halmar]], writer<br />
* [[Lucía Hiriart]], former First Lady of Chile (1973-1990)<br />
* [[Francisca Imboden]], actress<br />
* [[Manuel Jacques]], politician<br />
* [[Aline Küppenheim]], actress<br />
* [[Enrique Lafourcade]], writer<br />
* [[Nicole (Chilean singer)|Denisse Laval Soza, aka Nicole]], singer<br />
* [[Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet]]<br />
* [[Juan Carlos Letelier]]<br />
* [[Orlando Letelier]]<br />
* [[René Letelier]]<br />
* [[Fernando Martel]], football player<br />
* [[Evelyn Matthei|Evelyn Matthei Fornet]], politician and Minister of Labour (2011–13)<br />
* [[Josefina Montané]], model and actress<br />
* [[Cecilia Morel]], First Lady of Chile (2010–14 and since 2018)<br />
* [[Alfredo Moreno Charme]], businessman and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–14)<br />
* [[Maite Orsini|Maite Orsini Pascal]], model and actress<br />
* [[Manuel José Ossandón]], politician and Senator<br />
* [[Nicole Perrot]], golf player<br />
* [[Magdalena Petit]], writer<br />
* [[Francisco Pichott]], athlete<br />
* [[Augusto Pinochet]], Army General and military dictator (1973-1990)<br />
* [[Lucía Pinochet]], politician<br />
* [[Belus Prajoux]], tennis player<br />
* [[Jaime Ravinet]], politician<br />
* [[Manuel Recabarren|Manuel Recabarren Rencoret]]<br />
* [[Francisco Reyes Morandé]], actor<br />
* [[Álvaro Rudolphy|Álvaro Rudolphy Fontaine]], actor<br />
* [[René Schneider|René Schneider Chereau]], Army General<br />
* [[Juan Subercaseaux]]<br />
* [[Luis Subercaseaux]]<br />
* [[Anita Tijoux]], singer, rapper<br />
* [[Gabriel Valdés|Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux]], politician<br />
* [[Stephanie Vaquer]], professional wrestler<br />
* [[Manuel Camilo Vial]]<br />
* [[Roberto Viaux]], Army officer<br />
* [[Ramón Vinay]], operatic tenor<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Chile|France}}<br />
* [[Chile–France relations]]<br />
* [[Subercaseaux family]]<br />
* [[Chileans in France]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090120174243/http://membres.lycos.fr/emigrationchili/emigracion%20cl.htm (in Spanish and French)<br />
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