Serbs in France

Serbs in France
Serbes en France
Срби у Француској
Srbi u Francuskoj

Total population
62,740 (Serbian nationals, 2018 estimate) – 200,000 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Serbian)
Regions with significant populations
Île de France, Alsace, Franche Comté, Rhône-Alpes
Languages
French and Serbian
Religion
Serbian Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
South Slavs

Serbs in France (French: Serbes en France; Serbian: Срби у Француској, romanized: Srbi u Francuskoj) or French Serbs (French: Serbes français; Serbian: Француски Срби, romanized: Francuski Srbi), number around 62,740 according to estimations. They are located mostly in the regions of Paris, Lyon, Grenoble, Belfort, Montbéliard, Mulhouse and Strasbourg.

A wave of Serbs came with the influx of other Southern Europeans (Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, and Greeks) in the 1920s. A minority are (descendants of) people of Serbian origin who were established in France in the aftermath of the First World War (e.g. Michel Auclair). Most Serbs however moved to France during the 1960s and 1970s, some also came as refugees during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.

Notable people

• Danilo Kiš, writer
• Pierre Marinovitch, World War I flying ace
• Vladimir Veličković, painter
• Ljubomir Popović, surrealist painter
• Filip Nikolic, singer
• Sara Brajovic, model and actress
• Michel Auclair, film actor
• Alexis Josic, architect
• SebastiAn, musician
• Aleksandar Josipović, dancer
• Nikola Karabatić, handball player
• Luka Karabatic, handball player
• Kristina Mladenovic, tennis player
• Irena Pavlovic, tennis player
• Sara Cakarevic, tennis player
• Danica Marinković, graphic designer
• Dušan Maravić, football player
• Marko Muslin, football player
• Lidija Turčinović, basketball player
• Predrag Materić, basketball player
• Barbara Pravi, singer, songwriter and actress (her paternal grandfather is Serbian, it's not her full nationality.)

Pierre Marinovitch

Ljubomir Popović

Filip Nikolic

Aleksandar Josipović

Kristina Mladenovic

Irena Pavlovic

Sara Cakarevic

Lidija Turčinović

See also

• France–Serbia relations
• St. Sava Church, Paris
• Immigration to France
• Serb diaspora
• Serbs in Germany
• Serbs in Austria
• Serbs in Switzerland
• Serbs in the United Kingdom
• Serbs in Italy
• Serbs in Spain
• List of Serbian Canadians
• List of Serbian Americans

External links

• French-Serbian friendship site (in French and Serbian only)
• Serbian Orthodox Church in France (in French and Serbian only)
• Serbian-French association (in French and Serbian only)
• Serbian-French cultural and sports association (in French and Serbian only)