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*During the first half of the 19th century, Uruguay received most of French immigrants to South America. It constituted back then, the second receptor of French immigrants in the New World after the United States. 13,922 Frenchmen, most of them from the '''Basque Country, Béarn, and Bigorre''', left for Uruguay between 1833 and 1842. | *During the first half of the 19th century, Uruguay received most of French immigrants to South America. It constituted back then, the second receptor of French immigrants in the New World after the United States. 13,922 Frenchmen, most of them from the '''Basque Country, Béarn, and Bigorre''', left for Uruguay between 1833 and 1842. | ||
*Frenchmen made up 41.5% of immigrants to Uruguay between 1835 and 1842, representing the main source of immigration to the country. Until 1853, '''French Basques''' constituted the most numerous group among all immigrants in Uruguay. | *Frenchmen made up 41.5% of immigrants to Uruguay between 1835 and 1842, representing the main source of immigration to the country. Until 1853, '''French Basques''' constituted the most numerous group among all immigrants in Uruguay. | ||
*Another great wave of French immigration to Uruguay occurred during the Paraguayan War until the 1870s. 2,718 French immigrants settled in the country between 1866 and 1867, 10.1% of the immigration at the time.<ref>"French Uruguayans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Uruguayans, accessed 4 June 2021.<ref | *Another great wave of French immigration to Uruguay occurred during the Paraguayan War until the 1870s. 2,718 French immigrants settled in the country between 1866 and 1867, 10.1% of the immigration at the time.<ref>"French Uruguayans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Uruguayans, accessed 4 June 2021.</ref> | ||
===Emigration from Uruguay=== | ===Emigration from Uruguay=== | ||