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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,059[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil: MainlySouthern andSoutheastern Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| PredominantlyPortuguese. Minority speakDutch,French andGerman as first language. | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mostlyRoman Catholicism andProtestantism), andothers | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| OtherBrazilian andBelgian people otherWhite Brazilian asLuxembourger,German,Dutch,French,Spanish,Portuguese,Irish,British,Scandinavian,Polish,Czech,Austrian,Croat andItalian Brazilians Flemish people,Walloon people,Dutch people,French people,Luxembourgers |
Belgian Brazilian (Portuguese:bélgico-brasileiro, belga brasileiro) is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Belgian ancestry, or a Belgian-born immigrant in Brazil.
Belgians have been in Brazil since colonial times. Some of the early settlers andbandeirantes from São Paulo were Belgians or had Belgian forefathers (most of them wereflemings), like Cornélio de Arzam,[2] Pedro Taques (his father was a merchant fromBrabant),[3] Fernão Dias Pais Leme[4] (the Leme family established itself in Portugal in the late 15th century through a merchant named Martim Leme; his descendants came toSão Vicente in the beginning of the colonization of Brazil), and probably Jacques Félix (it is likely that his father was also named Jacques Félix, nicknamed "the Flemish", who was from Flanders and established himself inSantos in the early 16th century). All these settlers and their relatives had huge descent, spanning the southern and central parts of Brazil. Today it is still common to find these surnames (Leme, Taques etc.) in the interior ofSão Paulo state and neighboring states, through people who are descendants of those settlers.
With the independence of the country in 1822, Belgians kept coming through immigration. Many colonies were founded during the 19th century, especially inSouthern Brazil, but also in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed]
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