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Georgians in France, the Glossary

There were fewer than 2,000 ethnic Georgians in France from 1922 to 1939 but around 10,000 (500 students, 2,000 asylum refugees and 8,000 legal residents) at the end of 2013.^[1]

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Akaki Chkhenkeli

Akaki Chkhenkeli (აკაკი ჩხენკელი; 19 May 1874 – 5 January 1959) was a Georgian Social Democratic politician and publicist who acted as one of the leaders of the Menshevik movement in Russia and Georgia.

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Benia Chkhikvishvili

Beniamin "Benia" Chkhikvishvili (also spelled Bénia Tchkhikvichvili, ბენია ჩხიკვიშვილი; 1881–1924) was a Georgian politician who was involved in the Social Democratic movement in the early 20th century.

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Bidzina Ivanishvili

Bidzina Ivanishvili (ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili; born 18 February 1956) is a Georgian politician and billionaire businessman, who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from October 2012 to November 2013.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.

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Claude de Kemoularia

Claude de Kemoularia (March 30, 1922 – November 4, 2016) was a French citizen of Georgian descent whose career has been in the fields of banking and diplomacy. Georgians in France and Claude de Kemoularia are French people of Georgian descent.

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Constantin Andronikof

Prince Constantin Eseevich Andronikof (Константин Ясеевич Андроников, Konstantin Eseevich Andronikov; კონსტანტინე ანდრონიკაშვილი, Konstantine Andronikashvili) (16 July 1916 – 12 September 1997) was a French diplomat, Christian writer and translator.

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Dimitri Amilakhvari

Prince Dimitri Zedginidze-Amilakhvari, more commonly known as Dimitri Amilakhvari (დიმიტრი ამილახვარი, Dimitri Amilakvari) (31 October 1906 – 24 October 1942) was a French military officer of noble Georgian descent and Lieutenant Colonel of the French Foreign Legion.

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Dimitri Yachvili

Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France. Georgians in France and Dimitri Yachvili are French people of Georgian descent.

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Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (translit,; Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constantinopolitanus; Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi, İstanbul Ekümenik Patrikhanesi, "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate, Ecumenical Patriarchate") is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches (or "jurisdictions") that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Ekaterine Chavchavadze

Ekateriné Dadiani, Princess of Mingrelia (ეკატერინე დადიანი; née Chavchavadze; March 19, 1816August 13, 1882) of the House of Dadiani, was a prominent 19th-century Georgian aristocrat and the last ruling princess (as regent) of the Principality of Mingrelia in Western Georgia.

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Ekvtime Takaishvili

Ekvtime Takaishvili (also spelled Taqaishvili,; January 5, 1862 – February 21, 1953) was a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor.

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Elie Melia

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Evgeni Gegechkori

Evgeni Gegechkori (ევგენი გეგეჭკორი) (20 January 1881, in Martvili – 5 June 1954, in Paris) was a Georgian nobleman, politician, and Social Democratic revolutionary.

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FC Metz

Football Club de Metz is a French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine.

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Florian Chakiachvili

Florian Chakiachvili (born March 18, 1992) is a French ice hockey defenceman. Georgians in France and Florian Chakiachvili are French people of Georgian descent.

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François Zourabichvili

François Zourabichvili (Georgian: ფრანსუა ზურაბიშვილი; 28 August 1965 – 19 April 2006) was a French philosopher who specialized in the works of Gilles Deleuze and Baruch Spinoza. Georgians in France and François Zourabichvili are French people of Georgian descent.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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France–Georgia relations

French-Georgian relations are foreign relations between France and Georgia.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Gaston Bouatchidzé

Gaston Bouatchidzé (გასტონ ბუაჩიძე; 21 October 1935 – 12 July 2022) was a Georgian-French writer and translator. Georgians in France and Gaston Bouatchidzé are French people of Georgian descent.

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Géla Babluani

Géla Babluani (გელა ბაბლუანი) is a Georgian–French film director.

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Georges Charachidzé

Georges Charachidzé (Giorgi Sharashidze; გიორგი შარაშიძე) (February 11, 1930 – February 20, 2010) was a French-Georgian scholar of the Caucasian cultures. Georgians in France and Georges Charachidzé are French people of Georgian descent.

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Georges Mikautadze

Georges Mikautadze (გიორგი მიქაუტაძე; born 31 October 2000) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Lyon and the Georgia national team. Georgians in France and Georges Mikautadze are French people of Georgian descent.

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The Georgia national football team (tr) represents Georgia in men's international football matches, and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Georgia.

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Georgian diaspora

The Georgian diaspora refers to both historical and present emigration from Georgia.

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Georgian language

Georgian (ქართული ენა) is the most widely spoken Kartvelian language; it serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages.

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Georgian Orthodox Church

The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia (tr), commonly known as the Georgian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Georgia, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with the other churches of Eastern Orthodoxy.

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Georgian–French day of Leuville-sur-Orge

The Georgian–French day of Leuville-sur-Orge, in France was initiated by the Cultural committee of the town, 15 November 2003, by Claude Parmentier -deputy mayor and chairman of the committee-, Luc and Mirian Melua -local French citizens, born in a family of Georgian origin-.

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Georgians

The Georgians, or Kartvelians (tr), are a nation and Caucasian ethnic group native to present-day Georgia and surrounding areas historically associated with the Georgian kingdoms.

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Giorgi Gvazava

Giorgi Gvazava (გიორგი გვაზავა) (23 April 1869 – 20 January 1941) was a Georgian jurist, writer and politician; one of the founding members of the Georgian National Democratic Party.

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Giorgi Kvinitadze

Giorgi Kvinitadze (გიორგი კვინიტაძე; Георгий Иванович Квинитадзе, Georgy Ivanovich Kvinitadze; his real surname was '''Chikovani''', ჩიქოვანი) (August 21, 1874 – August 7, 1970) was a Georgian military commander who rose from an officer in the Imperial Russian army to commander-in-chief of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

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Giorgi Tsintsadze

Giorgi Tsintsadze (გიორგი ცინცაძე) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga.

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Goudji

Goudji Goudji (Georgian:ელგუჯა "გუჯი" ამაშუკელი) (born 6 July 1941) is a French sculptor and goldsmith of Georgian origin who was born in Soviet Georgia.

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Grégoire Yachvili

Grégoire Yachvili (born 30 May 1977, in Brive) is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. Georgians in France and Grégoire Yachvili are French people of Georgian descent.

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Grigol Uratadze

Grigol "Grisha" Uratadze (გრიგოლ "გრიშა" ურატაძე) (10 February 1878 – 12 February 1959) was a Georgian Social Democratic politician, diplomat and author.

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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (née Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929 – 5 August 2023) was a French political historian who specialised in Russian history. Georgians in France and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse are French people of Georgian descent.

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Ilia Zedginidze

Ilia Zedginidze (ილია ზედგინიძე; born 20 January 1977) is a Georgian former rugby union player.

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Irakli Tsereteli

Irakli Tsereteli (– 20 May 1959) was a Georgian politician and a leading spokesman of the Social Democratic Party of Georgia and later Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) during the era of the Russian Revolutions.

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Jaba Kankava

Jaba Kankava (tr,; born 18 March 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who most recently played as a defensive midfielder for Slovan Bratislava.

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Kakutsa Cholokashvili

Kaikhosro "Kakutsa" Cholokashvili (ქაიხოსრო ჩოლოყაშვილი; Kakoutsa Tcholokachvili; Кайхосро Чолокашвили, Kaikhosro Chelokayev; born 14 July 1888 – 27 June 1930) was a Georgian military officer and a commander of an anti-Soviet guerrilla movement in Georgia.

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Kéthévane Davrichewy

Kéthévane Davrichewy (born 1965) is a French writer of Georgian origin.

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Ketevan Bagration of Mukhrani

Princess Ketevan Bagration of Mukhrani also known as Khétévane Bagrationi–Orsini, Ketevan Bagrationi–Mukhraneli, or Ketevan Bagrationi–Mukhranbatoni (ქეთევან ბაგრატიონ–მუხრანელი) (born July 20, 1954) is a French-born Italian–Georgian public figure and diplomat, who was Georgia's ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 to 2014 and again from 2019 to 2023. Georgians in France and Ketevan Bagration of Mukhrani are French people of Georgian descent.

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Luc Méloua

Luc Méloua (27 December 1936 – 17 December 2010), ლუკა მელუა in Georgian, was a French motorist and journalist. Georgians in France and Luc Méloua are French people of Georgian descent.

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Luka Mkheidze

Luka Mkheidze (ლუკა მხეიძე, born 5 January 1996) is a French judoka of Georgian descent. Georgians in France and Luka Mkheidze are French people of Georgian descent.

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Lyon

Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon), formerly spelled in English as Lyons, is the second largest city of France by urban area It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne.

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Mamuka Gorgodze

Mamuka Gorgodze (მამუკა გორგოძე) (born 14 July 1984) is a Georgian former rugby union player, who played in the top French professional rugby competition, the Top 14.

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Marie Amachoukeli

Marie Amachoukeli (born 16 July 1979), sometimes credited as Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, is a French film director and screenwriter of Georgian descent. Georgians in France and Marie Amachoukeli are French people of Georgian descent.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Mary Eristavi

Mary Eristavi (მერი ერისთავი-შერვაშიძე; née Shervashidze; 1888January 21, 1986) was a Georgian aristocrat, fashion icon, and one of the earliest models of Coco Chanel.

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Maryam d'Abo

Maryam d'Abo (born 27 December 1960) is a British actress, best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights.

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Michel Mouskhely

Michel Mouskhely (Mouskheli) born Mikheil Muskhelishvili (მიხეილ მუსხელიშვილი) (8 July 1903 – 11 July 1964) was a Georgian-French political scientist and jurist.

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Michel Yachvili

Michel Yachvili (born 25 September 1946) is a former French rugby union footballer. Georgians in France and Michel Yachvili are French people of Georgian descent.

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Mikheil Tsereteli

Prince Mikheil "Mikhako" G. Tsereteli also known as Michael von Zereteli (მიხეილ "მიხაკო" წერეთელი) (December 23, 1878 – March 2, 1965) was a Georgian prince, historian, philologist, sociologist and public benefactor.

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Mirian Melua

Mirian Melua (მირიან მელუა; Mirian Méloua; born 28 April 1942) is a French-Georgian engineer and journalist. Georgians in France and Mirian Melua are French people of Georgian descent.

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Nice

Nice (Niçard: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, Mistralian norm,; Nizza; Nissa; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France.

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Nicolas Zourabichvili

Nicolas Zourabichvili (born 24 October 1936) is a French composer. Georgians in France and Nicolas Zourabichvili are French people of Georgian descent.

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Nikolay Chkheidze

Nikoloz Chkheidze (ნიკოლოზ (კარლო) ჩხეიძე; translit) commonly known as Karlo Chkheidze (– 13 June 1926), was a Georgian politician.

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Noe Khomeriki

Noe Khomeriki (ნოე ხომერიკი; 1 January 1883 – 1 September 1924) was a Georgian politician involved in the Social Democrat movement who was arrested for anti-soviet activity and shot during an uprising against the Soviet state.

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Noe Ramishvili

Noe Besarionis dze Ramishvili (ნოე რამიშვილი; his name is also transliterated as Noah or Noi; 5 April 1881 – 7 December 1930) was a Georgian politician and the president of the first government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

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Noe Zhordania

Noe Zhordania (ნოე ჟორდანია; translit; born – January 11, 1953)შველიძე დ., საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (1918–1921): ენციკლოპედია-ლექსიკონი.

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Otar Iosseliani

Otar Iosseliani (ოთარ იოსელიანი otar ioseliani; 2 February 1934 – 17 December 2023) was a Georgian film director, known for movies such as Falling Leaves, Pastorale and Favourites of the Moon.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paris metropolitan area

The Paris metropolitan area (aire d'attraction de Paris) is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Paris, France and its surrounding suburbs.

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Patrick Topaloff

Patrick Topaloff (30 December 1944 – 7 March 2010) was a French comedian, singer, and actor. Georgians in France and Patrick Topaloff are French people of Georgian descent.

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President of Georgia

The president of Georgia (tr) is the ceremonial head of state of Georgia as well as the commander-in-chief of the Defense Forces.

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Razhden Arsenidze

Razhden Arsenidze (რაჟდენ არსენიძე) (1 October 1880 – 24 May 1965) was a Georgian jurist, journalist, and politician.

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Revaz Gabashvili

Revaz Gabashvili (რევაზ გაბაშვილი; November 6, 1882 – 1969) was a Georgian politician and writer involved in the independence movement and revolutionary journalism in the early 20th century.

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Salome Dadiani

Princess Salomé Dadiani (სალომე დადიანი; 13 October 1848 – 23 July 1913) was a Georgian princess, the only sister of Niko Dadiani, the last Prince of Mingrelia.

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Salome Zourabichvili

Salome Zourabichvili (Salomé Zourabichvili, სალომე ზურაბიშვილი,; born 18 March 1952) is a French-Georgian politician and former diplomat, currently serving as the fifth president of Georgia, in office since December 2018. Georgians in France and Salome Zourabichvili are French people of Georgian descent.

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Tornike Gordadze

Tornike Gordadze (თორნიკე გორდაძე, Thorniké Gordadze) (born November 10, 1975) is a former Georgian minister and French political scientist.

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Toulouse

Toulouse (Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.

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Valiko Jugheli

Valerian “Valiko” Jugheli (ვალიკო ჯუღელი) (January 1, 1887 - 30 August 1924) was a Georgian politician and military commander.

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Victoria Ravva

Victoria Ravva (born October 31, 1975) is a Georgian-born volleyball player who represented both Azerbaijan and France in international volleyball. Georgians in France and Victoria Ravva are French people of Georgian descent.

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Viktor Sanikidze

Viktor Sanikidze (alternate spelling: Victor) (born April 1, 1986) is a Georgian politician, former professional basketball executive and former player.

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Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

Villeneuve-Saint-Georges is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France.

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Vlasa Mgeladze

Vlasa Mgeladze (ვლასა მგელაძე; Власа Джарисманович Мгеладзе, Vlasa Dzharismanovich Mgeladze), alias Tria (Russian: Триа) (1868 – 1943), was a Georgian social democratic revolutionary and a Bolshevik-turned-Menshevik also known as a participant of the Persian Constitutional Revolution, of which he wrote a valuable account.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgians_in_France

, Michel Mouskhely, Michel Yachvili, Mikheil Tsereteli, Mirian Melua, Nice, Nicolas Zourabichvili, Nikolay Chkheidze, Noe Khomeriki, Noe Ramishvili, Noe Zhordania, Otar Iosseliani, Paris, Paris metropolitan area, Patrick Topaloff, President of Georgia, Razhden Arsenidze, Revaz Gabashvili, Salome Dadiani, Salome Zourabichvili, Tornike Gordadze, Toulouse, Valiko Jugheli, Victoria Ravva, Viktor Sanikidze, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Vlasa Mgeladze.

Georgians in France, the Glossary

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See also

European diaspora in France

French people of Georgian descent

Georgian diaspora in Europe

Immigration to France by country of origin

Middle Eastern diaspora in France

References