Total population | |
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338 [1] | |
Languages | |
American English · French · Breton | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
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Cornish Americans · English Americans · Welsh Americans · Irish Americans · Manx Americans · Scottish Americans · Scotch-Irish Americans · other Celtic Americans · French Americans |
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French people |
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Breton Americans are Americans of Breton descent from Brittany. An estimated 100,000 Bretons emigrated from Brittany to the United States between 1880 and 1980. [2]
A large wave of Breton immigrants arrived in the New York City area during the 1950s and 1960s. [3] Many settled in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. [3] However, more than 10,000 Bretons left their native land to emigrate to New York. [4]
There is also a Breton soccer team in Queens.
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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 |
Part of a series of articles on the |
French people |
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Breton Americans are Americans of Breton descent from Brittany. An estimated 100,000 Bretons emigrated from Brittany to the United States between 1880 and 1980. [2]
A large wave of Breton immigrants arrived in the New York City area during the 1950s and 1960s. [3] Many settled in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. [3] However, more than 10,000 Bretons left their native land to emigrate to New York. [4]
There is also a Breton soccer team in Queens.
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