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== Immigration into France == | == Immigration into France == | ||
*'''1618-1648'''. Many Swiss emigrants come into Alsace-Lorraine as a result of the Thirty Years War. | *'''1618-1648'''. Many Swiss emigrants come into Alsace-Lorraine as a result of the Thirty Years War. | ||
*'''1755-1763'''. Acadians (French-Canadians) | *'''1755-1763'''. Acadians (French-Canadians) were exiled. Many return to France. | ||
*'''1848-1850'''. German revolutionaries | *'''1848-1850'''. German revolutionaries took refuge in Bas-Rhin. | ||
*'''1831-1870'''. Polish refugees | *'''1831-1870'''. Polish refugees settled in Bas-Rhin. | ||
*'''1915-1930'''. Armenian refugees settled largely in Marseilles | *'''1915-1930'''. Armenian refugees settled largely in Marseilles | ||
*France's population dynamics began to change in the middle of the 19th century, as France joined the '''Industrial Revolution'''. The pace of industrial growth attracted millions of European immigrants over the next century, with especially large numbers arriving from '''Poland, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Spain'''. | *France's population dynamics began to change in the middle of the 19th century, as France joined the '''Industrial Revolution'''. The pace of industrial growth attracted millions of European immigrants over the next century, with especially large numbers arriving from '''Poland, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Spain'''. | ||
*In the wake of the '''First World War''', in which France suffered six million casualties, significant numbers of '''workers from French colonies''' came. By 1930, the Paris region alone had a '''North African Muslim''' population of 70,000. | *In the wake of the '''First World War''', in which France suffered six million casualties, significant numbers of '''workers from French colonies''' came. By 1930, the Paris region alone had a '''North African Muslim''' population of 70,000. | ||