pieds-noirs
Sign in to saveThe '''''' (; ; : ) are an ethno-cultural group of people of French and other European descent who were born in Algeria during the period of French colonial rule from 1830 to 1962. Many of them departed for mainland France during and after the Algerian War of Independence.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.image
- Cérémonie de communion solennelle de pieds-noirs à Sidi-Bel-Abbès, début du XXe siècle.tiff
- Ethnic group.caption
- A First Communion in a family in Sidi-Bel-Abbès, Colonial Algeria in the early 20th century
- Ethnic group.pop
- 1959: 1.4 million (13% of the population of Algeria)2012: 3.2 million (in France)
- Ethnic group.regions
- Algiers, Oran, Constantine
- Ethnic group.languages
- French, Catalan, Spanish, Occitan, Maghrebi Arabic, Italian, Maltese, Arpitan
- Ethnic group.religions
- Predominantly: Christianity Minority: Judaism
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- French conquest and initial settlement
- Development as a society
- Identity
- Culture, food and language
- Social structure
- Relationship to mainland France and Muslim Algeria
- The ''pied-noir'' population as part of the total Algerian population
- Jewish community
- Algerian War and exodus
- Algerian War
- Exodus
- Flight to mainland France
- ''Pieds-noirs'' who remained
- Legacy
- Flags
- The Song of the Africans
- Notable ''pieds-noirs''
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
The '''' (; ; : ) are an ethno-cultural group of people of French and other European descent who were born in Algeria during the period of French colonial rule from 1830 to 1962. Many of them departed for mainland France during and after the Algerian War of Independence.
From the French invasion on 18 June 1830 to its independence, Algeria was administratively part of France; its ethnic European population were simply called Algerians or (colonists). The Muslim people of Algeria were called Arabs, Muslims or indigènes. The term came into common use shortly before the end of the Algerian War in 1962.