Pied-Noir

E171825

The Pied-Noir were European, mainly French, settlers and their descendants who lived in French North Africa, especially Algeria, until independence led most to relocate to France.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pied-Noir canonical 8
Pieds-Noirs 2
European settler community in Algeria 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Organisation armée secrète ⓘ
causeOfExodus Algerian independence ⓘ
end of French rule in Algeria ⓘ
citizenship French nationality ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
culturalIdentity Mediterranean French culture ⓘ
colonial settler identity ⓘ
demographicRole European settler population in French Algeria ⓘ
diasporaCommunity Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
ethnicComposition French people ⓘ
Italian people ⓘ
Maltese people ⓘ
Spanish people ⓘ
etymology literally "black foot" in French ⓘ
historicalRegion Algeria ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
involvedInConflict Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
language French language ⓘ
linked to: French

Pied-Noir dialect of French ⓘ
mainReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
mainSettlementArea Algiers ⓘ
Constantine ⓘ
Oran ⓘ
massExodus 1962 ⓘ
memoryPolitics important in French debates on colonialism ⓘ
opposedBy Algerian nationalist movement ⓘ
politicalStatus French citizens in Algeria ⓘ
politicalTendency generally conservative ⓘ
strongly pro-French Algeria ⓘ
populationAfter1962 mainly in France ⓘ
relocatedTo French Mediterranean coast ⓘ
Languedoc-Roussillon ⓘ
linked to: Occitanie

Marseille ⓘ
Nice ⓘ
metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
selfIdentification French from Algeria ⓘ
termLanguage French language ⓘ
linked to: French
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
usedIn French Algeria ⓘ
French North Africa ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alphonse Juin → ethnicGroup → Pied-Noir ⓘ
French Algeria → ethnicGroup → Pieds-Noirs ⓘ
linked to: Pied-Noir
May 1958 crisis in Algeria → mainParticipants → European settler community in Algeria ⓘ
linked to: Pied-Noir
Marcel Cerdan → ethnicGroup → Pied-Noir ⓘ
French diaspora → relatedTo → Pied-Noir ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Susini → ethnicGroup → Pied-Noir ⓘ
François Catroux → ethnicGroup → Pied-Noir ⓘ
Jean-Pierre Bacri → ethnicGroup → Pied-Noir ⓘ
Caldoches → relatedTo → Pieds-Noirs ⓘ
linked to: Pied-Noir
Marlène Jobert → ethnicGroup → Pied-Noir ⓘ