Azerbaijanis in France

Azerbaijanis in France
Total population
1.112 (asylum-seekers),[1] 70,000 Estimate[2]
Regions with significant populations
Paris, Alsace, Bordeaux, Marseille
Languages
Azerbaijani, French, Turkish, Persian
Religion
Shia Islam

Azerbaijanis in France (Azerbaijani: Fransa azərbaycanlıları) is a small Azerbaijani diaspora in France, are French citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Most Azerbaijani-France have immigrated to France from the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iran.

History

The Azerbaijanis immigrants are mostly asylum-seekers or political refugees, who came in France since 1979 and early-2000s, at the time of the Iranian Revolution

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