Where Expats Settle in France — 6 Countries Compared
Regional settlement patterns, top cities and trends 2016→2025 for 🇺🇸 American, 🇬🇧 British, 🇨🇦 Canadian, 🇦🇺 Australian, 🇮🇪 Irish and 🇳🇱 Dutch residents in France. Data from INSEE census and French Ministry of Interior.
EXPATS IN FRANCE TRACKER
This tracker focuses on English-speaking expats — but the Dutch are included deliberately. With ~60,000 residents, they are the largest Western European buyer group in Southern France, and the vast majority speak fluent English. Their settlement pattern (Provence, Occitanie, Ardèche) closely mirrors that of British and Australian buyers.
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