French America
Template:Short description Template:For Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox continent French America (Template:Langx), sometimes called Franco-America, in contrast to Anglo-America, is the French-speaking community of people and their diaspora, notably those tracing back origins to New France, the early French colonization of the Americas. The Canadian province of Quebec is the centre of the community and is the point of origin of most of French America. It also includes communities in all provinces of Canada (especially in New Brunswick, where francophones are roughly one third of the population),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy, Martinique, Guadeloupe (all are parts of France), Saint Lucia and Haiti in the Caribbean; French Guiana (overseas region of France) in South America. Also there are minorities of French speakers in part of the United States (New England, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, California, Illinois and New York), the Dominican Republic, Dominica, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.
The Ordre des francophones d'Amérique is a decoration given in the name of the community to its members. It can also be described as the Francophonie of the Americas.
Because French is a Romance language, French America is sometimes considered to be part of Latin America, but this term more often refers to Hispanic America and Portuguese America, or simply the Americas south of the United States.
Countries, administrative divisions, and French possessions
This is a list of countries, administrative divisions, and French possessions in the Americas having the French language as an official language or where a French-based creole language is commonly spoken. The data of each place are based in the 2012–2013 census.
| Place | Population | Area (km2)Template:Efn | GDP (nominal) | GDP (nominal) per capita |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flag (France) | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Template:Flag | 72,660<ref name="Dominicapop" group="note">The number of French speakers is unknown.</ref> | 750 | $485 million<ref name=imfDo2>Template:Cite web</ref> | $7,860<ref name=imfDo2/> |
| Template:Flag (France) | 244,118<ref name=pop2013>Populations légales 2013: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble, INSEE</ref> | 83,534 | €15,416<ref name=GDP>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Flag (France) | 402,119<ref name=pop2013/><ref name="sans" group="note">Figure without the territories of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy detached from Guadeloupe on 22 February 2007.</ref> | 1,628 | €19,810 <ref name="GDP"/> | |
| Template:Flag | 9,996,731<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 27,750 | $12.942 billion<ref name=imfHa2>Template:Cite web</ref> | $758<ref name=imfHa2/> |
| Template:Flag (France) | 385,551<ref name=pop2013/> | 1,128 | €21,527<ref name=GDP/> | |
| Template:Flag (Canada) | 747,101<ref name="NewBrunswickpop" group="note">Only 1/3 of the population are francophone.</ref> | 72,907 | $31.974 billion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | $47,443<ref name="imfCa2" /> |
| Template:Flag (Canada) | 8,164,361 | 1,542,056 | $394.819 billion<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> | $47,443<ref name="imfCa2">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flag (France) | 9,279<ref name=pop2013/> | 25<ref name=area>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| Template:Flag | 173,765 | 617 | $1.239 billion<ref name=imfSaL2>Template:Cite web</ref> | $7,769<ref name=imfSaL2/> |
| Template:Flagicon image Saint Martin (France) | 35,594<ref name=pop2013/> | 53.2 | $599 million<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | $21,921<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flag (France) | 6,057<ref name=pop2013/> | 242 | $215 million<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | €26,073<ref name="pib-v">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Total | 20,237,336<ref name="totalpop" group="note">Total population of the territories. Actual number of Francophones is lower.</ref> | 1,730,696 |
Members and corresponding diasporas
See also
- American French
- Acadia
- Franco-American relations
- Francophone
- Francophonie
- Franco-Ontarian
- French Canadians
- French Americans
- French Creole
- French Antillean Creole
- French colonization of the Americas
- French language in the United States
- French Louisiana
- French West Indies
- Haiti
- French-based creole languages
- History of Quebec
- New England French
- Missouri French
- Colonial French
- New France
- Quebec
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Cajun
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Creole
- French language in Canada
- Newfoundland French
- French colonial empire
- Martinique
Notes
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