French-Moroccans or Franco-Moroccans (French: Franco-Marocains) are French citizens and nationals of Moroccan descent. Moroccan immigrants to France and their descendants are the second largest non-European-origin ethnic group in France after Algerians in France. Following the French protectorate in Morocco from 1912 to 1956, many Moroccans chose to immigrate to France from the 1960s to the present in pursuit of economic opportunity.
Demographics The 2011 Census recorded 433,026 Moroccan-born people.
Year Moroccan-born population + descendance Foreigners Migrants Other data 1999 387,654 506,000 2005 846,901 2006 859,026 2007 870,871 452,000 2008 881,334 1,314,000 654,000 2009 2010 2011 433,026 679,983 2012 2013
Religion According to the national survey of 2020 held by INSEE, 65% of French Moroccans adhered to Islam; 5% adhered to Christianity, of whom 3% were Catholics and 2% other Christians (without further specification); and 4% to Judaism. Website (archive) 25% of the French of Moroccan origin declared that they had no religion. According to the same survey, 89% of Moroccan-born people in France adhered to Islam.
Notable people
See also
France–Morocco relations Moroccan diaspora Immigration to France
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