# Comorians in France > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Comorians_in_France > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Comorians_in_France.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comorians_in_France > Source revision: 1355047707 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "Comorians in France" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2013) Ethnic group Comorians in France Total population 119,300 (Oficial Source)[1] Regions with significant populations Marseille, Paris, Mayotte Languages Shikomor, French, Arabic Religion Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Black people in France, Afro-French **Comorians in France** consist of migrants from [Comoros](/source/Comoros) and their descendants living and working in France. Outside of [Mayotte](/source/Mayotte), where Comorians are an important proportion of the local population, a great Comorian community is settled in [Metropolitan France](/source/Metropolitan_France), mostly in [Marseille](/source/Marseille).[2] ## Notable people - [Soprano](/source/Soprano_(rapper)), rapper - [Alonzo](/source/Alonzo_(rapper)), rapper - [Rohff](/source/Rohff), rapper - [Sultan](/source/Sultan_(rapper)), rapper ## Significance Comorian immigrants make up a significant part of Mayotte's population. In 2011, the number of migrants was estimated at around 40 to 50 thousand people out of a total population of 250,000,[3] and in 2018 this number had risen to at least 130,000 (45% of the island's population).[4] This rate of immigration, caused by the close geographical proximity of the two nations and an [unstable economy](/source/Economy_of_the_Comoros), poses sociopolitical issues for the territory.[5] The Comorian diaspora in mainland France is equally significant, most notably in Marseille, which has been described by the ex-president of the Comoros [Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi](/source/Ahmed_Abdallah_Mohamed_Sambi) as "...the fifth island of the Comoros". Other areas with high Comorian populations are [Paris](/source/Paris).[6] ## Bibliography - Abdou Katibo, 'Les migrations comoriennes en France', *Recherches internationales*, no. 90, pg. 135-152 [(read online)](https://www.recherches-internationales.fr/RI90/RI90-Katibou.pdf) - Sophie Blanchy, 'Les Comoriens, une immigration méconnue', *Hommes & Migrations*, no. 1215, 1998, pg. 5-20 [(read online)](https://www.persee.fr/doc/homig_1142-852x_1998_num_1215_1_3216) ## See also - [Murder of Ibrahim Ali](/source/Murder_of_Ibrahim_Ali) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4510549](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4510549). {{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: Missing or empty |title= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#citation_missing_title)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Marseille, la plus grande ville comorienne"](http://www.slateafrique.com/92217/marseille-capitale-comorienne). Slate Afrique. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Legeard, Luc (2012). ["L'immigration clandestine à Mayotte"](https://doi.org/10.3917%2Foute.033.0635). *Outre-Terre* (3–4): 635–649. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3917/oute.033.0635](https://doi.org/10.3917%2Foute.033.0635). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1636-3671](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1636-3671). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Février, Renaud (7 March 2018). ["Crise sociale à Mayotte: 4 questions pour tout comprendre"](https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/social/20180307.OBS3237/crise-sociale-a-mayotte-4-questions-pour-tout-comprendre.html). *L'Obs*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180307185725/https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/social/20180307.OBS3237/crise-sociale-a-mayotte-4-questions-pour-tout-comprendre.html) from the original on 7 March 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Lambert, Elise (23 October 2019). ["Mayotte: pourquoi l'immigration est un sujet explosif sur l'archipel"](https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/migrants/mayotte-pourquoi-l-immigration-est-un-sujet-explosif-sur-l-ile_3669187.html). *France Info*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010531/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/migrants/mayotte-pourquoi-l-immigration-est-un-sujet-explosif-sur-l-ile_3669187.html) from the original on 23 October 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Un Comorien sur quatre vit en France"](https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/les-comores/689758-un-comorien-sur-quatre-vit-en-france). *LINFO*. 24 March 2016. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160325181606/http://www.linfo.re:80/ocean-indien/les-comores/689758-un-comorien-sur-quatre-vit-en-france) from the original on 25 March 2016. v t e African diasporas in France Arabs Berbers Black people in France Maghrebi communities of Paris Sub-Saharan African community of Paris North Africa Algerians Moroccans Tunisians East Africa Comorians Malagasy Mauritians Central Africa Cameroonians Congolese Gabonese West Africa Beninese Bissau-Guineans Burkinabés Cape Verdeans Ghanaians Guineans Ivorians Malians Mauritanians Senegalese Togolese Southern Africa South Africans Demographics of France Immigration to France This France-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:France-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AFrance-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:France-stub) This Comoros-related article is a stub. 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