Luxembourg Brazilian

Luxembourg Brazilians
Total population
(50,000 Luxembourg Brazilians[1])
Regions with significant populations
Southern · Southeastern Brazil
Languages
Portuguese · French · German
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
German Brazilian · Belgian Brazilian

Luxembourg Brazilian is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Luxembourgish ancestry, or a Luxembourg-born immigrant in Brazil. There are an estimated 50,000 Brazilians of partial Luxembourgish descent.

Luxembourgian immigration to Brazil occurred mainly around 1828, when nearly 1,000 Luxembourgers settled there.[2]

See also

References

  1. Wey, Claude (2002). "L’émigration luxembourgeoise vers l’Argentine" (PDF) (in French). Revues Plurielles. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
  2. "De L'Etat à la nation 1839-1989" Imprimeries St. Paul p. 145
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