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==Other specific communities==
Paris has traditionally been associated with alternative, artistic or intellectual subcultures, many of which involved foreigners. Such subcultures include the "[[Bohemianism|Bohemians]]" of the mid-nineteenth century, the [[Impressionism|Impressionists]], artistic circles of the [[Belle époque]] (around such artists as [[Picasso]] and [[Alfred Jarry]]), the [[Dada]]ists, [[Surrealism|Surrealists]], the "[[Lost Generation]]" ([[Ernest Hemingway|Hemingway]], [[Gertrude Stein]]) and the post-war "intellectuals" associated with [[Montparnasse]] ([[Jean-Paul Sartre]], [[Simone de Beauvoir]]).

France has an estimated 280,000–340,000 [[Romani people|Roma]], generally known as ''Gitans'', ''Tsiganes'', ''Romanichels'' (slightly pejorative), ''Bohémiens'', or ''Gens du voyage'' ("travellers").

There are gay and lesbian communities in the cities, particularly in the Paris metropolitan area (such as in [[Le Marais]] district of the capital). Although homosexuality is perhaps not as well tolerated in France as in Spain, [[Scandinavia]], and the [[Benelux]] nations, surveys of the French public reveal a considerable shift in attitudes comparable to other Western European nations. {{as of|2001}}, 55% of the French consider homosexuality "an acceptable lifestyle."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-us.org/atoz/pacs.asp|title=Embassy of France in the US – The PACS – A civil solidarity pact|website=Ambafrance-us.org|access-date=21 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316004858/http://www.ambafrance-us.org/atoz/pacs.asp|archive-date=16 March 2008}}</ref> The past mayor of Paris, [[Bertrand Delanoë]], is gay.
A 2017 Pew Research Center poll found that 73% of French people were in favour of same-sex marriage, while 23% were opposed.<ref>[http://www.pewforum.org/2018/05/29/religion-and-society/ Religion and society], ''Pew Research Center'', 29 May 2018</ref> The 2019 Eurobarometer found that 79% of French respondents thought same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, 15% were against. Additionally, 85% believed gay, lesbian and bisexual people should enjoy the same rights as heterosexual people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eurobarometer on Discrimination 2019: The social acceptance of LGBTI people in the EU |url=https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/ResultDoc/download/DocumentKy/87771 |access-date=23 September 2019 |work=TNS |publisher=European Commission |page=2}}</ref> See also [[LGBT rights in France]].