French in the United States
Cajun, a variant of French, is spoken in some parts of Louisiana (a colony of France from 1682 to 1762, part of Spain from 1762 to 1800, returned to Napoleonic France in 1800, sold to the United States in 1803). There are French Canadian settlers in parts of northern New England, as well. More than 13 million Americans declare to have French ancestors, but only 1.5 million speak that language. The city of Miami is also home to a large Francophone, mostly Haitian community.
Several places in the United States have names of French origin, a legacy of past French rule over much of the land:
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