Poles in Spain
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 52,495 (2022) 0.95% of Spain's foreign population 0.11% of Spain's population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| All over Spain, especially Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Andalusia | |
| Languages | |
| Polish, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Poles, Spaniards, Silesians |
Poles in Spain or Polish-Spaniards are citizens and/or residents of Spain whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Poland.
Demographics
[edit]The Polish minority in Spain numbered approximately 52,495[1] according to 2022 census figures. The Polish population is mainly guest workers drawn by Spain's economic boom during the 1990s. Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Huelva and Valencia have significant Polish populations.
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5,521 | — |
| 2001 | 13,469 | 144% |
| 2004 | 27,862 | 106.9% |
| 2006 | 45,797 | 64.4% |
| 2008 | 78,560 | 71.5% |
| 2010 | 86,324 | 9.9% |
| 2012 | 84,281 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 69,471 | -17.6% |
| 2016 | 57,234 | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 52,446 | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 53,418 | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 52,882 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 59,132 | 11.8% |
Poles in the Spanish Civil War
[edit]Approximately 5,400 volunteers of Polish origin participated in the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigades. The majority (3,800) were miners working in France, 300 were Polish-Americans, and several hundred were Poles living in various European countries. Only 800 came from Poland itself.[citation needed]
Notable people
[edit]- Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count of San Luis, noble, politician and journalist
- László Kubala, former football player
- Enrique Múgica Herzog, politician
- Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen consort of Spain, queen consort of Naples and Sicily
- Adam Karol Czartoryski, aristocrat
- Esther Koplowitz, businesswoman magnate and philanthropist
- Alicia Koplowitz, businesswoman magnate
- Tamara Czartoryska, sportswoman and model
- Adam Jezierski, actor
See also
[edit]
- Great Emigration – Period when large numbers of educated people fled Poland and Lithuania, 1831 to 1870
- Masurians – Lechitic ethnic group of northeastern Poland
- Poland – Country in Central Europe
- Poland–Spain relations
- Polish diaspora – People of Polish heritage who live outside Poland
- Silesians – Inhabitants of the Silesia region
References
[edit]- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística. "Polacos en España (Censo 2022)". Retrieved 24 September 2023.