Île de France, the region around Paris, is officially home to about 15,500 Americans (so around exactly half of all Americans in France), making it the clear top choice. Jeff Steiner, writer and webmaster of the Americans in France site says "yankees" want to live near other Americans, or at least other English speakers. Almost 1,000 of the region's Americans live in the department of Rhône which is home to France's second city Lyon. Basically Americans don't seem too fond of La France Profonde unlike their British cousins, who can't get enough of it. Limousin, Photo: Flickr/Tourisme Haute-VienneJeff Steiner from the Americans in France site says Americans avoid such areas, even if they're beautiful, because of the isolation.

Source: The Local November 07, 2019 11:27 UTC