Breton Americans
Breton Americans are Americans of Breton descent from Brittany.
| Total population | |
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| 338[1] | |
| Languages | |
| American English · French · Breton | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Cornish Americans · English Americans · Welsh Americans · Irish Americans · Manx Americans · Scottish Americans · Scotch-Irish Americans · other Celtic Americans · French Americans |
History
A large wave of Breton immigrants arrived in the New York City area during the 1950s and 1960s.[2] Many settled in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens.[2] However, more than 10,000 Bretons left their native land to emigrate to New York. They integrated very easily because their heritage is similar to that of the Irish but are still very attached to their homeland.
There is also a soccer team in Queens.
Notable people
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- John James Audubon
- Celine Dion
- René Galand
- Charles Guillou
- Youenn Gwernig
- Paol Keineg
- Jack Kerouac
- Charles Kergaravat, founder of BreizhAmerika
- Jackie Stallone
- Sylvester Stallone
- Tina Weymouth
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See also
References
- "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000" (XLS). U.S. Census Bureau. January 22, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- Flint Marx, Rebecca (April 5, 2012). "Filling a Hole on the Block, With Cream". The New York Times. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
External links
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