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[[France Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Chileans<br> | [[France Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Chileans<br> | ||
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*800,000 | *There are 800,000 descendants of the French in Chile today. The French came to Chile in the 18th century, arriving at Concepción as merchants, and in the mid-19th century to cultivate vines in the haciendas of the ''''Central Valley'''', the homebase of world-famous Chilean wine. | ||
*The Araucanía Region also has an important number of people of French ancestry, as the area hosted settlers arrived by the second half of the 19th century as farmers and shopkeepers. | *The Araucanía Region also has an important number of people of French ancestry, as the area hosted settlers arrived by the second half of the 19th century as farmers and shopkeepers. | ||
*By 1854 there were 1654 Frenchmen in Chile, by 1895 it rose to 8266; about 80% of them arrived ''''from Southwestern France, especially from Basses-Pyrénées (Basque country and Béarn), Gironde, Charente-Inférieure and Charente and regions situated between Gers and Dordogne.'''<ref name ="IC"/> | *By 1854 there were 1654 Frenchmen in Chile, by 1895 it rose to 8266; about 80% of them arrived ''''from Southwestern France, especially from Basses-Pyrénées (Basque country and Béarn), Gironde, Charente-Inférieure and Charente and regions situated between Gers and Dordogne.'''<ref name ="IC"/> | ||