Laotian French

Laotian French

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Laotian French


poptime = 50,950
popplace = Paris, Nice
langs = Lao, French
rels = Theravada Buddhism
related = Lao people, Southeast Asian Americans, Asian Americans

Laotian French people are people from Laos (mostly ethnic Lao) who live in France. Many Laotians came to France when Laos was a French protectorate, but most Laotians fled there during the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War). There were about 50,000 Laotians living in France in 2000.

ee also

* Laotian American
* Laotian Canadian


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