Are there Spanish-speaking people in France? Who are they?

Question

not tourists or embassy staff, but permanent residents

Answer 1

If you mean a French population who speak spanish: no there is not. But many southern southern region of France have specific dialects ("patois", in French) wich sounds like Spanish (Béarnais, in the Pyrennées-Atlantiques for example...).

And of course, there are many people in France who have spanish origins (especially in the south and in Paris), many of them can speak at least a little spanish.

Spanish is also the second language learn at school in France, so many French have some basis and can understand or speak Spanish.

Answer 2

Spanish people

Answer 3

Of course.There is al lot of integration for work across Europe & has been for more years than i know about.It's only the english that have this strange attitude.they are from all over spain & other countries.South America is a big spanish speaking continent

Answer 4

Spanish people living in France...?...perhaps...?

Answer 5

Yeah of course, there is a lot of spanish people, especially in the south ( city like Montpellier or Marseille, but the biggest community is in Paris). And in the South because its near Spain so there is a lot of emigration from Spain.

Answer 6

Thre are the Catalan and Occitan regions in France where the people and language are a cross of Spanish and French. I am not counting the Spanish emmigrants who live in France

Answer 7

There is hundred of thousand spanich speaker living in France, in the south many are from spanich origin and in Paris many south american people are living there...

During the Spanich war the frontiere with France were opened to allow hundred of thousand of refugies to take shelter in the south of France. Today in city near the spanich border many have spanich origins.