Moroccans in France

French-Moroccans or Franco-Moroccans or simply (French: Franco-Marocains) are French citizens and nationals ethnic group, of the France with French citizenship and a French passport of Moroccans descent, immigrants from Morocco to the France and their descendants they are the second largest ethnic group in the France after Algerians in France. French people of Moroccan descent living in France account for a large sector of the total immigrant population in France. Following the French protectorate in French Morocco from 1912 to 1956, many Moroccans chose to immigrate to France from the 1960s to the present due to France's favorable economic conditions.

French -Moroccans
Total population
1,500,000 (Moroccan origin) and [1][2][3] (433,026) Moroccan-born people[4]
Languages
French (Maghrebi French),
Arabic (Moroccan Arabic, Jebli Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic),
Berber (Tashlhit, Tarifit, Central Atlas Tamazight),
Spanish
Religion
Majority Muslim
Judaism, and Mainly Christianity (mostly Catholic and Protestant minorities), Islam (mostly Sunni Islam) and other religions Irreligion.
Related ethnic groups
Algerians in France
Tunisians in France

Demographics

The 2011 Census recorded 433,026 Moroccan-born people.[5]

Year Moroccan-born population + descendance Foreigners Migrants Other data
1999 387,654[6] 506,000[7]
2005 846,901[8]
2006 859,026[8]
2007 870,871[8] 452,000[7]
2008 881,334[8] 1,314,000[9][10] 654.000[11]
2009
2010
2011 433,026[5] 679,983[12][13][2]
2012
2013

Notable people

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See also

References
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  2. Répartition des étrangers par nationalité en 2011. Paris: INSEE. 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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  8. "Stock of foreign-born population by country of birth". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  9. "Selon des chiffres officiels : Plus de 1,3 millions de Marocains recencés en France en 2008". Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  10. "Face à l'islam de France, du déni à la paralysie". 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  11. "Répartition des étrangers par nationalité en 2008 INSEE". Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  12. "Répartition des immigrés par pays de naissance en 2011 INSEE". Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  13. "Présentation du Maroc". Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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