The French (French: Français) are a nation and ethnic group who
are identified with the country of France.
This connection may be legal, historical, and/or cultural. Descending from
peoples of Celtic origin,
later mixing with Romance and Germanicorigin, and
having experienced a high rate of inward migration since the middle of the 19th
century, modern French society can be considered a melting pot.France
was still a patchwork of local customs and regional differences in the late
19th century, and besides the common speaking of the French
language, the definition of some unified French
culture is a complex issue. The French have equated their nationality with citizenship,
regardless of ethnicity or
country of residence. Thus, to be French is to be a citizen of France,
regardless of one's origin, race, or religion, making France a generic
territory where people are bound by the French
language.
Successive waves of
immigrants during the 19th and 20th centuries were rapidly assimilated into
French culture. Seeing itself as an inclusive nation with universal values,
France has always valued and strongly advocated assimilation. However, the success of such
assimilation has recently been called into question, for example, with the
2005 French riots in some troubled and
impoverished suburbs (les quartiers sensibles). Most French people speak
the French language as their mother tongue,
but certain languages like Norman, Occitan, Corsican, Euskara, French
Flemish and Breton remain
spoken in certain regions (see Language policy in France).
The French (French: Français) are a nation and ethnic group who
are identified with the country of France.
This connection may be legal, historical, and/or cultural. Descending from
peoples of Celtic origin,
later mixing with Romance and Germanicorigin, and
having experienced a high rate of inward migration since the middle of the 19th
century, modern French society can be considered a melting pot.France
was still a patchwork of local customs and regional differences in the late
19th century, and besides the common speaking of the French
language, the definition of some unified French
culture is a complex issue. The French have equated their nationality with citizenship,
regardless of ethnicity or
country of residence. Thus, to be French is to be a citizen of France,
regardless of one's origin, race, or religion, making France a generic
territory where people are bound by the French
language.
Successive waves of
immigrants during the 19th and 20th centuries were rapidly assimilated into
French culture. Seeing itself as an inclusive nation with universal values,
France has always valued and strongly advocated assimilation. However, the success of such
assimilation has recently been called into question, for example, with the
2005 French riots in some troubled and
impoverished suburbs (les quartiers sensibles). Most French people speak
the French language as their mother tongue,
but certain languages like Norman, Occitan, Corsican, Euskara, French
Flemish and Breton remain
spoken in certain regions (see Language policy in France).
In addition to mainland
France, French people and people of French descent can be found
internationally, in overseas
departments and territories of France such as the French West
Indies (French Caribbean), and in foreign countries with
significant French-speaking population groups or not, such as the United
Kingdom (French
Britons), the United States (French
Americans), Canada (French
Canadians), Argentina (French
Argentines), Brazil (French
Brazilians) or Uruguay (French
Uruguayans), and some of them have a French cultural identity.
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