| Total population | |
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| 338[1] | |
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| American English · French · Breton | |
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| PredominantlyRoman Catholicism,Protestantism | |
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| British Americans (Cornish Americans · English Americans · Welsh Americans · Irish Americans · Manx Americans · Scottish Americans · Scotch-Irish Americans · otherCeltic Americans) · French Americans |
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Breton Americans (French:Américains bretons;Breton:Amerikaned Vreton) areAmericans ofBreton descent fromBrittany. 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 theNew York City area during the 1950s and 1960s.[3] Many settled in theEast Elmhurst neighborhood ofQueens.[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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