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French people

French people (French: Les Français, lit. 'The French') are the individuals who are identified with the country of France, or more broadly, a global sociolinguistic group that share a common connection through the French language, culture, and history that originated in Western Europe. The Francophone world is one of the most geographically widespread…

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Nationality, citizenship, ethnicity

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Citizenship and legal residence

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French people

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French people

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related to Nationality and citizenship · 37
French people → April, Army, August, De Gaulle, During, Empire, Estaing, EU, European, France, French, French Resistance, Gaulle, General, However, Inhabitants, January, July, June, Liberation
related to history · 34
French people → Allemanni, Atlantic, Basques, Belgium, Bretons, Brittany, Burgundians, Celtic, Celtic Britons, Celts, France, Francia, Franks, French, Gallic, Gallo-Romans, Gauls, Germanic, Historically, Latin
related to In France · 22
French people → According, Alsatian, Arpitan, Breton, Catalan, Ch'timi, Corsican, Eric Hobsbawm, Euskara, France, French, French Flemish, Gallo, Language, Lorraine Franconian, Most French, Norman, Occitan, Picard, There
related to United Kingdom · 18
French people → According, Among, Ancestry, Angevin Empire, British, Davina McCall, England, Franco-Norman, French, London, Louis Theroux, Many British, Much, Norman Conquest, Plantagenet, There, UK's, United Kingdom
see also · 14
French people → Demographics, EuropeFranco-MauritianFrench AmericansFrench AustralianFrench CanadiansFrench, EuropeHistory, France, FranceArmenians, FranceCagotEthnic, FranceFrench, FranceList, French, French Algeria, Jews, MadagascarGenetic, Noir, PeruvianPeruvians
related to Brazil · 10
French people → Another, Brazil, Brazilians, French, Frenchmen, From, It, Most, South America, This
related to French Republic · 10
French people → Alsace-Lorraine, France, Franco-Prussian War, French, French Revolution, It, Paris Commune, The, The French First Republic, World War
related to Genetics · 8
French people → Black Death, Europe, European, France, Modern French, R1b, The, This

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the Franksinstance ofand Germanic peoples0.80text
the Visigothsinstance ofand Germanic peoples0.80text
the Suebiinstance ofand Germanic peoples0.80text
the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empireinstance ofand Germanic peoples0.80text
as well as various later waves of lower-level irregular migration that have continued to the present dayinstance ofand Germanic peoples0.80text
Bretons in Brittanyinstance oflanguages and cultures0.80text
Occitans in Occitaniainstance oflanguages and cultures0.80text
Basques in the French Basque Countryinstance oflanguages and cultures0.80text
Catalans in northern Cataloniainstance oflanguages and cultures0.80text
Germans in Alsaceinstance oflanguages and cultures0.80text
Corsicans in Corsicainstance oflanguages and cultures0.80text
Flemings in French Flanders.France has long been a patchwork of local customsinstance oflanguages and cultures0.80text

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