Berbers in France
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (over 2,000,000[1][2] (1 million Kabyles [3])) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse. | |
| Languages | |
| French, Berber languages | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Berbers |
Berbers in France are people of Berber descent living in France. Berbers in France, who generally call themselves Amazigh and not Maghrebis, are estimated to number over 2 million people.[1][2]
Notable people
Entertainment
- Cinema
- Isabelle Adjani
- Saïd Taghmaoui
- Samy Naceri
- Jacques Villeret
- Sami Bouajila
- Mhamed Arezki
- Marie-José Nat
- Dany Boon
- Music
Sports
Politics
- Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Education (Socialist Party)
- Mohammed Arav Bessaoud, Berber activist
- Samia Ghali
- Éric Zemmour
- Gisèle Halimi
- Arnaud Montebourg
- Rachid Kaci
- Razzy Hammadi
Journalism
Writer
Other
- Abdelhamid Abaaoud, principal terrorist responsible for the November 2015 Paris attacks.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 Yazid Sabeg et Laurence Méhaignerie, Les oubliés de l'égalité des chances, Institut Montaigne, 2004
- 1 2 Pour une histoire sociale du berbère en France, Salem Shaker, Inalco, 2004
- ↑ http://www.centrederechercheberbere.fr/kabyle.html
- ↑ "We wish he had burnt to death, say family of bomb ringleader: Cousin says his village 'rejoiced' at hearing of his death and he had 'no rightful place on earth'". Daily Mail. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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