French Brazilians

Asia Middle East Europe North America South America Oceania French Brazilians (French: Franco-Brésilien; Portuguese: Franco-brasileiro or galo-brasileiro) refers to Brazilian citizens of full or partial French ancestry or persons born in France who reside in Brazil.

[2] The country received the second largest number of French immigrants to South America after Argentina (239,000).

It is estimated that there are around 1 million Brazilians of French descent today.

[4] As of 2014, it is estimated that 30,000 French people are living in Brazil,[5] most of them in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

They form the largest community of French expatriates in Latin America.