Assyrians in France
ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܕܦܪܲܢܓܝܵܐ
Sayfo commemoration in Paris, France
Total population
16,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse
Languages
Neo-Aramaic and French
Religion
Chaldean Catholic, Syriac Orthodox

French Assyrians (Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܕܦܪܲܢܓܝܵܐ, French: Assyriens) alternatively (French: Assyriens) are French citizens of Assyrian ancestry. There are around 16,000 most of whom are concentrated in the Paris metropolitan area.

History

The community has a history in France dating back to the First World War, with most arriving during the 1920s in Marseille as a result of the Assyrian genocide. [2]

The bulk of the Assyrian presence dates back to the early 20th century, when some Assyrians, fleeing the Assyrian genocide, found refuge in France.[1] Others arrived from rural south-eastern Turkey as a result of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in the 1960s and 70s. Their numbers swelled after the Iraq War in 2003 by those arriving from Iraqi cities.

Population

There are 30,000 Assyrians living in France. The first Assyrians arrived in Marseille France in the 1920's as refugees from the genocide of the Assyrians by Turks during World War One, in which 750,000 Assyrians (75%) were killed, as well as 1 million Greeks and 1.5 million Armenians.[3] Around 10,000 of Assyrians live in Sarcelles, a suburb of Paris. They are generally compared to French Jews who are seen as inward-looking, conservative and well-integrated in the French society.[4] 10,000 (of 16,000) Chaldeans live in Sarcelles.[5]

Notable French Assyrians

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Wieviorka & Bataille 2007, pp. 166
  2. ↑ "Assyrians Establish National Federation in France". AINA. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ↑ AINA, 2018
  4. ↑ Wieviorka & Bataille 2007, pp. 167
  5. ↑ "Assyrians Establish National Federation in France".

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