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| Total population | |
| 400.000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Through Uruguay | |
| Languages | |
| Rioplatense Spanish · Minorities speak French and Basque. | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French people · French Argentines |
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French Uruguayans (French: Franco-Uruguayen; Spanish: Franco-Uruguayos) are Uruguayan citizens of full or partial French ancestry. French Uruguayans form the third largest ancestry group after Spanish Uruguayans and Italian Uruguayans. Until 1853, France constituted the main source of immigrants to Uruguay. The country received the largest number of French immigrants to South America after Argentina (239,000) and Brazil (100,000), with almost 25,000 persons registered between 1833 and 1843.