The Greek community in France numbers around between 35,000 - 50,000 people (in 2015). They are located all around the country but the main communities are located in Paris, Marseille and Grenoble.[3]
Marseille, known as Massalia in Greek, was founded by Greeks from Ionia in 600 BC. The Massaliot Greeks are believed to have introduced viticulture to France. Notable ancient Greeks from Massalia included the great explorer and scientist Pytheas.
Historically the Greek community was composed of merchants, ship-owners, intellectuals and international traders. They participated in the city’s political life or became patrons of its cultural life and the philanthropic activity of some of them was crowned by the Légion d’Honneur.
Corsican Maniots are descendants of Maniots, who migrated to Corsica during the 400 year Ottoman rule over most of Greece. To this day the Cargèse region of Corsica is referred to as Cargèse la Grecque (Cargèse, the Greek). The origins of the Greek Maniots community in Corsica dates back to the end of the 17th century, when Greece was then under Ottoman Turk rule and there was a flow of Greek refugees from the Ottoman Empire. The Maniot Greeks were settled on the island and given lands for farming and animal grazing by the then ruling power, Genoa, as part of a Genoese policy to limit the spread and impact of an emergent Corsican nationalism violently opposed to foreign rule. The Maniots founded their four new villages in Paomia with their own church and culture. As a consequence, the pro-Genoese Greeks in Corsica became the targets of sustained attacks by Corsican nationalists and resentful farmers, and so had to be re-settled several times before finally being given territory around Cargese. Attempts at integrating Greeks into Corsican society involved the establishment of a mixed Greek-Corsican gendermerie. Many Corsican Greeks subsequently left the island for French-ruled Algeria, in a wave of south European settlement of the North African colony sponsored by the French government, but returned to Corsica and elsewhere in France following Algerian independence. They have now become fully assimilated into Corsican and French society, through both intermarriage and education. In general this has resulted in Corsican Greeks losing their separate ethnic-religious identity and knowledge of the Greek language, with even older Cargese inhabitants of Greek ancestry having little if any ability to read or speak Greek, while some inhabitants still possess Corsicanized Greek names (like Garidacci etc.) and attend services in the Greek-Catholic church of Cargèse.
^Crankshaw, Edward (2011). Bismarck. A&C Black. p. 1710. ISBN9781448204878. Napoleon's ambassador to Prussia, a rather solemn and self-important little Corsican of Greek origin, comte Vincente Benedetti.
Bibliographyedit
Gérard Blanken, Les Grecs de Cargèse (Corse). Recherches sur leur langue et leur histoire.T. I. Partie linguistique, Leyde, 1951 (recension in Revue des études byzantines)
Marie-Anne Comnène, Cargèse: une colonie grecque en Corse, Société d'édition "Les Belles lettres", 1959, 92 pages
Mathieu Grenet, La fabrique communautaire. Les Grecs à Venise, Livourne et Marseille, 1770-1840, Athens and Rome, École française d'Athènes and École française de Rome, 2016 (ISBN978-2-7283-1210-8)
Jean Coppolani, « Cargèse. Essai sur la géographie humaine d'un village corse », Revue de géographie alpine, Année 1949, Volume 37, n° 37-1, pp. 71–108
Nicolaos Stephanopoli de Comnène, Histoire de la colonie grecque établie en Corse, Éditeur A. Thoisnier-Desplaces, 1826 (full scanned version on line)
External linksedit
Bilateral relations between Greece and France
A web page of the community
Essay about the Greeks of Marseille
Information on Greece and Greeks around the world in French
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The Greek community in France numbers around between 35 000 50 000 people in 2015 They are located all around the country but the main communities are located in Paris Marseille and Grenoble 3 Greeks in FranceFamily tomb of George Coronio of Syros Pere Lachaise CemeteryTotal population35 000 1 50 000 2015 2 Regions with significant populationsParis Grenoble Marseille Corsica and southern FranceLanguagesFrench GreekReligionGreek Orthodoxy Catholicism AtheismSee also Greeks in pre Roman Gaul Contents 1 Demographics 2 The Greeks of Marseille 3 The Greeks of Corsica 4 Notable people 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External linksDemographics editGreek citizens in FranceYearPop p a 19012 902 194616 184 3 89 19689 000 2 63 19759 580 0 90 19809 516 0 13 YearPop p a 19906 091 4 36 19986 443 0 70 20034 959 5 10 20043 801 23 35 2009 YearPop p a 201529 000 201435 000 17 14 201550 000 42 86 202250 000 0 00 Source Quid 4 5 The Greeks of Marseille editFurther information Greeks in pre Roman Gaul Marseille known as Massalia in Greek was founded by Greeks from Ionia in 600 BC The Massaliot Greeks are believed to have introduced viticulture to France Notable ancient Greeks from Massalia included the great explorer and scientist Pytheas Historically the Greek community was composed of merchants ship owners intellectuals and international traders They participated in the city s political life or became patrons of its cultural life and the philanthropic activity of some of them was crowned by the Legion d Honneur The Greeks of Corsica editMain article Cargese History Corsican Maniots are descendants of Maniots who migrated to Corsica during the 400 year Ottoman rule over most of Greece To this day the Cargese region of Corsica is referred to as Cargese la Grecque Cargese the Greek The origins of the Greek Maniots community in Corsica dates back to the end of the 17th century when Greece was then under Ottoman Turk rule and there was a flow of Greek refugees from the Ottoman Empire The Maniot Greeks were settled on the island and given lands for farming and animal grazing by the then ruling power Genoa as part of a Genoese policy to limit the spread and impact of an emergent Corsican nationalism violently opposed to foreign rule The Maniots founded their four new villages in Paomia with their own church and culture As a consequence the pro Genoese Greeks in Corsica became the targets of sustained attacks by Corsican nationalists and resentful farmers and so had to be re settled several times before finally being given territory around Cargese Attempts at integrating Greeks into Corsican society involved the establishment of a mixed Greek Corsican gendermerie Many Corsican Greeks subsequently left the island for French ruled Algeria in a wave of south European settlement of the North African colony sponsored by the French government but returned to Corsica and elsewhere in France following Algerian independence They have now become fully assimilated into Corsican and French society through both intermarriage and education In general this has resulted in Corsican Greeks losing their separate ethnic religious identity and knowledge of the Greek language with even older Cargese inhabitants of Greek ancestry having little if any ability to read or speak Greek while some inhabitants still possess Corsicanized Greek names like Garidacci etc and attend services in the Greek Catholic church of Cargese Notable people edit nbsp Andre Chenier nbsp Adolphe Thiers nbsp Agnes Varda nbsp Costa Gavras nbsp Nikos Aliagas Vincent Count Benedetti 6 Vassilis Alexakis Nikos Aliagas Constantine Andreou Anna Mouglalis Eugene Michel Antoniadi Roger Apery Antonin Artaud Helene Ahrweiler Kostas Axelos Charles Denis Bourbaki Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi Jean Christophe Cambadelis Cornelius Castoriadis Andre Chenier Joseph Chenier Iris Clert Georges Corraface Jacques Damala Diam s Dimitri from Paris Adele Exarchopoulos Jean Focas Costa Gavras Romain Gavras Pierre Gripari John Iliopoulos Laure Junot duchess d Abrantes Taig Khris Apo Lazarides Clement Lepidis Georges Moustaki Savitri Devi Mukherji Anna de Noailles Gabriella Papadakis Georges Panayotis Nicos Poulantzas Gisele Prassinos Mario Prassinos Nicolas Rossolimo Nicolas Sarkozy Joseph Sifakis Demetrio Stefanopoli Patrick Tatopoulos Teriade Agnes Varda Antonis Volanis Antonis Rikka Alexandre DesplatSee also editGreek people Greek diaspora French people of Greek descent France Greece relations Greeks in pre Roman GaulReferences edit Presentation de la Grece La France attire beaucoup moins les Grecs que l Allemagne slate fr in French 9 July 2015 Presentation de la Grece in French Quid Geographie humaine France Etrangers en France Archived 2007 07 09 at the Wayback Machine in French Quid 2003 p 624 Crankshaw Edward 2011 Bismarck A amp C Black p 1710 ISBN 9781448204878 Napoleon s ambassador to Prussia a rather solemn and self important little Corsican of Greek origin comte Vincente Benedetti Bibliography editGerard Blanken Les Grecs de Cargese Corse Recherches sur leur langue et leur histoire T I Partie linguistique Leyde 1951 recension in Revue des etudes byzantines Marie Anne Comnene Cargese une colonie grecque en Corse Societe d edition Les Belles lettres 1959 92 pages Mathieu Grenet La fabrique communautaire Les Grecs a Venise Livourne et Marseille 1770 1840 Athens and Rome Ecole francaise d Athenes and Ecole francaise de Rome 2016 ISBN 978 2 7283 1210 8 Jean Coppolani Cargese Essai sur la geographie humaine d un village corse Revue de geographie alpine Annee 1949 Volume 37 n 37 1 pp 71 108 Nicolaos Stephanopoli de Comnene Histoire de la colonie grecque etablie en Corse Editeur A Thoisnier Desplaces 1826 full scanned version on line External links editBilateral relations between Greece and France A web page of the community Essay about the Greeks of Marseille Information on Greece and Greeks around the world in French Portals nbsp France nbsp Greece Retrieved from 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