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*From 1821 to 1920, around 121,000 '''Basques and Bearnese people from Basses-Pyrénées''' emigrated to America—more than 108,000 from 1835 to 1901. <ref name="diaspora">"French diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_diaspora, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref><ref name="list">"List of diasporas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas#F, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref> | *From 1821 to 1920, around 121,000 '''Basques and Bearnese people from Basses-Pyrénées''' emigrated to America—more than 108,000 from 1835 to 1901. <ref name="diaspora">"French diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_diaspora, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref><ref name="list">"List of diasporas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas#F, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref> | ||
*'''Occitans,''' from Southern France, often felt denied the right of their cultural heritage and some relocated out of France in quiet protest to other countries, esp. '''French-speaking Canada''' and other parts of the French Empire and French-speaking areas of Europe. Also there have been Occitan-speaking settlers in '''Pigüé, Argentina'''; sporadically '''Mexico and Chile'''; and even into the US in '''Valdese, North Carolina'''. <ref name="list"/> | *'''Occitans,''' from Southern France, often felt denied the right of their cultural heritage and some relocated out of France in quiet protest to other countries, esp. '''French-speaking Canada''' and other parts of the French Empire and French-speaking areas of Europe. Also there have been Occitan-speaking settlers in '''Pigüé, Argentina'''; sporadically '''Mexico and Chile'''; and even into the US in '''Valdese, North Carolina'''. <ref name="list"/> | ||
*'''Huguenots, or French Protestants'''often migrated to nearby Protestant majority lands like '''Netherlands, Germany, the UK, the United States and Canada (then British North America), South Africa, and other lands like Switzerland, Scandinavia, Poland (the Prussian Empire), Hungary; and Australia and New Zealand '''in the 19th century.<ref name="list"/> | *'''Huguenots, or French Protestants'''often migrated to nearby Protestant majority lands like '''Netherlands, Germany, the UK, the United States and Canada (then British North America), South Africa, and other lands like Switzerland, Scandinavia, Poland (the Prussian Empire), Hungary; and Australia and New Zealand '''in the 19th century.<ref name="list"/> | ||
*'''Corsicans from the French administered island of Corsica, emigration to Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the United States.<ref name="diaspora"/> | *'''Corsicans from the French administered island of Corsica, emigration to Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the United States.<ref name="diaspora"/> | ||
=== French Colonial Records=== | === French Colonial Records=== | ||
It would be a massive undertaking to report the background of all the colonies France established. Countries with large percentages of French descendants are discussed in the balance of this article. However, French immigrated played a role in the following list of French colonies. | It would be a massive undertaking to report the background of all the colonies France established. Countries with large percentages of French descendants are discussed in the balance of this article. However, French immigrated played a role in the following list of French colonies. | ||