Romands

{{Short description|Gallo-Romance ethnic group of Switzerland}}{{single source|date=January 2026}}{{Infobox ethnic group | group = Romands | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = File:Bauerinnen ausChampery inHosen.jpg | image_caption = Farmers of Champery, Valais (1904) | image_alt = | image_upright = | total = | total_year = | total_source = | total_ref = | genealogy = | regions = Romandy | languages = Swiss French, Franco-Provençal, Frainc-Comtou | religions = Calvinism, Catholicism | related_groups = Other Swiss, French, Normans, Walloons, Québécois, Acadians | footnotes = }} '''Romands''' are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Romandy, in western Switzerland. Traditionally they spoke Franco-Provençal, as well as Frainc-Comtou in Canton of Jura. These languages have since fallen into disuse in favor of the standard French language. The Romands descend largely from the Gallo-Romans and the Burgundians.<ref>{{Cite book|author=James Minahan|title=One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwvoM-ZFoAgC|date=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page=545|isbn=0313309841}}</ref> They are referred to by Swiss Germans as ''Welsche''.

== References == {{reflist}}Category:Romance peoplesCategory:Ethnic groups in SwitzerlandCategory:Society of Switzerland